- Cobra has re-uploaded the Bitcoin whitepaper on Bitcoin.org.
- The anonymous team pulled down the whitepaper in 2021 following Craig Wright’s lawsuit.
- The UK High Court has determined that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto.
Cobra, the anonymous team behind the Bitcoin.org website, has re-uploaded the Bitcoin whitepaper on its platform following Craig Wright’s failure to prove to the court that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the flagship crypto. In March, a High Court in the UK ruled Wright is not Satoshi, with one judge concluding that he lied extensively, engaged in technobabble, and isn’t as clever as he thinks.
Bitcoin.org pulled down the PDF copy of the Bitcoin whitepaper on its platform in 2021, following a court order after Wright successfully sued Cobra for copyright infringement. Wright won the 2021 lawsuit after the anonymous group failed to appear in court not to jeopardize their anonymity. Hence, Wright’s victory was by default, with Cobra having to refund his legal fees worth $41,000.
Last Thursday, Bitcoin.org’s maintainer, Hennadii Stepanov, shared a link to the Bitcoin whitepaper PDF on X, marking a return of the document on the platform. Stepanov’s action followed a reversal of Wright’s temporary victory and a series of protests from several sectors of the Bitcoin community.
In a significant turn of events, several publishers shared the Bitcoin whitepaper on their platforms after Bitcoin.org pulled it down. The publishers protested despite Wright’s threat to sue anyone who published the document. A Bitcoin community member shared a list of over 100 websites that published the document.
Three years after the Wright’s victory, the court determined his inability to prove that he was Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, putting to rest an argument that has lasted several years. Hence, Cobra re-uploaded the novel technology’s whitepaper to the original platform where it was first published.
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