đ€Craig Steven Wright is an Australian businessman and computer scientist who has not been a stranger to controversy since bitcoinâs earliest days, for many years he has claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Although there are many coincidences between Wright and Nakamoto, Craigâs claim is widely believed to be a hoax.Â
 Perhaps one of the most interesting facts of the matter is how Wright had planned to open a âbitcoin bankâ months before the bitcoin whitepaper was published. It is also undeniable that Wright had easily correspondences with some of bitcoinâs earliest adopters Hal Finney and Gavin Andressen, among others. In the decade since, Wright has provided evidence to substantiate his claim in the form of cryptographic signatures. Although, it has since been pointed out that these prove nothing as was pointed out by programmer Jeff Garzik.đ€«Â
 đ§This first controversy came about in 2015 as a result of two investigations by Gizmodo and Wired magazines as they attempted to determine who bitcoinâs creator was. It wasnât long after the articles were published that Wrightâs home was raided by Australian authorities as part of a tax investigation. Around this time Craig made a long statement about how although he was Satoshi, he didnât plan to provide any further evidence because his âqualifications and character were being attackedâ and that he âis not strong enough for this.âÂ
 Since 15â/16â the controversy surrounding Wright and his claim to being Bitcoinâs creator has only emboldened. Most notably, in mid April when Wright had a public dispute on Twitter with the founder of Binance. Wright continued to claim that he was Satoshi, and CZ threatened to delist a fork of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) of which Wright was heavily involved. After Wright continued, Binance subsequently delisted BCHSV (Satoshis Vision) and a number of other leading exchanges followed suit. Wright has also continued suing those who claim he is not Satoshi for defamation.Â
 đUntil we know the true identity of the creator of bitcoin, this type of drama will likely continue. We have mixed feelings about this as it would likely be better for the bitcoin ecosystem to not know who the true creator is, but as long as the subject remains relevant it means that bitcoin is relevant. Needless to say, we prefer a world where bitcoin remains relevant!!Â
 đ€·We hope you enjoyed our short piece on Mr. Wright; regardless of his true identity of being Satoshi or not, we appreciate his work early on with bitcoin. If it werenât for very early adopters like him we wouldnât be where we are today with a whole ecosystem of cryptocurrencies!Â
 Noozzle community: Do you think Mr. Wright is Satoshi? If not, who else? We have a few other guesses, although as mentioned earlier, itâs more or less irrelevant..Â
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