Craig Wright Will Go To Full Trial With Allegations Against 16 Bitcoin Developers In London

Key Points:

• A lawsuit filed by Craig Wright’s Tulip Trading against 16 Bitcoin developers will be tried in London, according to the U.K. Court of Appeals.
• Following a successful appeal, a complete trial is anticipated to begin in early 2024.

According to a CoinDesk report, a lawsuit filed by Craig Wright’s Tulip Trading against 16 Bitcoin inventors will be tried in London, according to the U.K. Court of Appeals.

In relation to their ownership of the Bitcoin network, the claim asserts that the developers owe fiduciary responsibilities and duties of care. The claim offers a serious matter to be addressed, according to the Court of Appeals, which identified four reasons why the appeal should be successful, including the fact that the pertinent area of law is evolving, unknown, and complicated, and so merits a trial.

Even though the 16 developers don’t live in the UK, the London High Court granted Craig Wright’s attorneys permission to serve them with papers in 2021. The developers included Roger Ver, Pieter Wuille, Peter Todd, Cory Fields, and others who have contributed to the Bitcoin network.

According to a lawyer for 14 of the developers, the Court of Appeal was inclined to take the matter to trial because all of the developers were beyond the court’s jurisdiction. Next year, a thorough trial is anticipated.

The initial claim was denied in March 2022.

In a 2016 blog post, Wright claimed to be the creator of Bitcoin using dubious proof, setting up a firestorm in the Bitcoin community. Since then, he has been in court to defend his assertion, including claims of libel (in which he sued Magnus Granath, commonly known as Hodlonaut, for labeling him a fraud) and copyright infringement (where Wright successfully petitioned courts to have the Bitcoin white paper removed from bitcoin.org).

In an effort to support such allegations in a case against Hodlonaut that he ultimately lost, Wright allegedly lied and committed fraud, according to a Norwegian court’s October verdict, according to CoinDesk.

Immediately, Craig Wright denied the article’s accusations related to him and asked CoinDesk to apologize.

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