Craig Wright wrote an early (2001) version of the Bitcoin white paper – in 2019

The self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto has tried again, with no more success than last time.

Popcorn time again. In the absence of a bull trend, the crypto community seeks entertainment wherever it can get it. Fortunately, there’s a willing source close at hand.

First, a little background.

Back in 2016, early bitcoiner Craig Wright claimed he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the protocol’s creator. He ‘proved’ this by means of some very convoluted evidence involving a cryptographic signature. The internet – including a number of security and cryptography experts – was quick to point out that it was fake. Wright was thoroughly disgraced and, after some mumbled excuses, went quiet for a while.

He later arose as one of the architects of Bitcoin Cash and then Bitcoin Cash Satoshi Vision, which he claims is closer to the original Bitcoin than Bitcoin Core is now. He never retracted his claim to be Satoshi.

Now, he has apparently published further evidence in the form of an R&D paper he says he wrote for the Australian government in 2001 – seven years before the Bitcoin white paper was published. Certain extracts of the Black Net shown are very similar to the Bitcoin white paper – very similar. Almost word for word.

Now, Wikileaks was impressed enough to retweet CryptoPotato’s story about this. Because here’s the thing.

The extracts are almost identical to the October 2008 version of the Bitcoin white paper. But Satoshi published an earlier draft back in August 2008. The ‘2001’ Black Net document shows updates and edits that were only made in the October version.

This is highly suspicious, to say the least. And we were highly suspicious of Craig already, because he has a bit of a reputation for making outlandish claims and then not backing them up. To put it charitably.

Right now, it almost looks as if Craig tried to convince the public he was Satoshi, again – probably to give legitimacy to the failing Bitcoin SV project – but overlooked the fact that there was an earlier version of the Bitcoin white paper he should have copied to make it look more convincing.

Wikileaks and Wright have opened up this debate on Twitter, with Wikileaks providing evidence of previous Satoshi-related fabrications and Wright calling them names. It’s worth a read, for the lulz.

We’ll let Wikileaks have the last say. ‘The Bernie Madoff of #Bitcoin, Craig S. Wright, who keeps forging documents to make it seem that he is Bitcoin's pseudonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, caught again, this time forging a "2001" antecedent to Nakamoto's first Bitcoin paper.’

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