The Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is currently in the midst of a legal battle in the U.K., where he is being sued by a group of cryptocurrency exchanges and developers for his claim to be the creator of Bitcoin BTC/USD. The trial began on Monday, and has heard that Wright’s assertion is a “brazen lie.”

What Happened: As reported by The Guardian, the trial, which started on Monday, is centered around Wright’s claim to be the pseudonymous author of the founding text of Bitcoin.

Jonathan Hough KC, representing the Crypto Patent Alliance [Copa], stated that Wright’s claim is a “brazen lie and elaborate false narrative supported by forgery on an industrial scale.”…

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