Craig Wright's Cross-Examination Ends in Trial Questioning His Bitcoin Creator Claims

According to CoinDesk, Craig Wright's cross-examination in a trial questioning his claims of being Bitcoin's creator came to a close on Wednesday. The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) and counsel for a group of bitcoin developers, who are up against Wright, have asserted his claims are lies numerous times. Wright was taken to court by COPA to ascertain once and for all if he is in fact Bitcoin's creator. The trial is well into its second week, with Wright testifying for the last several days, answering questions about his connections to the world's first cryptocurrency. During the trial, Wright was cross-examined by COPA's lawyers and counsel for the other plaintiff, a group of Bitcoin developers. They asked questions on cryptographic keys, his expectations for compensation, his validation claims, and his self-proclaimed decision to lock bitcoin funds and information in a trust. Both COPA's counsel and the developers Wright faces asserted that Wright was either "wrong" or that his testimony was all "lies" at various times in the trial. Wright's witnesses will begin taking the stand on Thursday, starting with Ignatius Pang, who has known Wright since 2007 and can recount a conversation around 2008 where Wright mentioned blockchain. Other witnesses include Robert Jenkins, who met Wright around 1998 or 1999 and discussed concepts of electronic ledgers with him, and Shoaib Yousef, who has known Wright since 2006 and spoke to him about digital currency as a concept in the late 2000s.