THE STRUCTURE OF THIS JUDGMENT
A short history of Satoshi’s involvement in Bitcoin.
Uncontested aspects of Dr Wright’s background and activities in Australia.
Dr Wright’s activities following his move to the UK.
Case management of the docketed actions
Service of Madden1, and further applications.
Dr Wright’s Chain of Custody information
Further Disclosure and the Mock Trial
The October application to plead further forgeries.
Developments in the expert evidence
The Pre-Trial Review, the ‘Additional Documents’ & the application to adjourn
Evidence – Recollections of Witnesses and Documentary Evidence
The Preparation of Expert Evidence
Drawing of Inferences (including from absence of witnesses)
Evidence on Character and Credibility
Hearsay Evidence – Admissibility and Weight
Admissibility of Public Reports and of Judgments in Other Proceedings
The expert evidence on Autism Spectrum Disorder.
The Timecoin paper attached to one of the Papa Neema emails
My conclusion on Dr Wright’s general credibility
Dr Wright’s remaining witnesses of fact
Conclusions on Dr Wright’s remaining witnesses of fact
COPA’s witnesses of fact who were cross-examined
COPA’s witnesses who were not cross-examined
Evidence of Fact from the Developers
The expert evidence on cryptocurrency matters
The expert evidence on forensic document analysis
The ‘control’ copies of the Bitcoin White Paper
Security of Digital Signatures
Public keys Associated with Satoshi
General points made by Dr Wright in response to the allegations of forgery
A. The forgery allegations concerned with Dr Wright’s original disclosure.
No time capsule documents in Dr Wright’s original disclosure
Alleged problems with Mr Madden’s reliability as an expert witness
Common features of Dr Wright’s explanations for the forged documents
B. The Forgery Allegations in relation to the Additional Documents.
Dr Wright’s various allegations that forged documents were planted
C. The Ontier Email Forgery Allegation
An outline of Dr Wright’s position in closing
E. The development of the case based on the LaTeX files
i. Dr Wright’s Overleaf account
ii. The efforts made to resist providing metadata
F. The evidence of forgery of the LaTeX Bitcoin White Paper
ii. Dr Wright’s written evidence about the images
G. The true position as regards the Bitcoin White Paper
COPA’s case as to Dr Wright’s skills, knowledge and experience
Dr Wright’s evidence on drafting the Bitcoin White Paper
Dr Wright’s evidence about writing the Bitcoin Source Code
The Developers cast doubt on Dr Wright’s C++ coding proficiency
Dr Wright’s evidence on launching the Bitcoin system
i. Problem 1: inconsistency with the known difficulty
ii. Problem 2: inconsistency with known electricity consumption
i. The date of creation of the key: not 2011
ii. The nature of the key: not “person or persons unknown”
Dr Wright’s first public reference to Bitcoin
Dr Wright’s evidence as to his leaving the Satoshi persona
The Investigations by the Australian Tax Office and the ATO Decisions
Conclusions on the private signing sessions
The Signing Sessions with Mr Matonis and the Journalists
The Signing Session with Mr Andresen
My findings in relation to the Sartre blog post.
Dr Wright’s excuse for not having the private keys now
The July 2016 Dinner with Mr Mike Hearn