(20 SEPTEMBER 2021; coingeek)
It’s been more than five months since Jack Dorsey and Square’s Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) embarked on legal proceedings against Dr. Craig Wright over his copyright ownership over the Bitcoin whitepaper. But despite being celebrated by some corners of the crypto industry as a fatal challenge to Dr. Wright’s fight to reclaim the whitepaper, we’ve heard almost nothing from COPA while Wright continues to stack victories.Whether or not COPA is as ready to face Dr. Wright in court as they made out to be has yet to be seen. COPA did file an amended claim form this week, which suggests their action has made very little progress.
In light of that, what is the actual purpose of COPA? Why would COPA make such a show of beginning proceedings against Dr. Wright, and then go utterly silent? There are answers to these questions, and depending on how clued in you are to the war on Bitcoin, they might surprise you.
Read the rest from coingeek: COPA shows their suit against Craig Wright was never about Bitcoin white paper)
I still don't know what to make of CSW. I do agree with his arguments that large block sizes are a preferable technology to the lightning network, though. To me, the lightning network just seems like unnecessary complexity. I also think it's interesting that Wright was the first one claiming that Bitcoin is (or could be) Turing complete, as far back as 2015 before all the Satoshi drama began.
More on-point for this article, I'm not persuaded that slow progress is really a reflection of disinterest, on the part of COPA. The court system is always slow, and it's been especially slow since the COVID lockdowns began. Coingeek might be reading a little too much into it.
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It's tough to tell. Structures that concentrate power are always suspect to begin with.
Evidently, Wright filed an amended defense, and COPA (or, now just the select few members bringing the suit) have until October 11 to respond.
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