The third respect in which Dr Wright’s evidence shows a failure on his part to understand the history of the Bitcoin Software arises from the inclusion amongst his Primary Reliance Documents of documents purporting to date from before the release of the Bitcoin Software, but which refer to code and concepts that post-date Satoshi Nakamoto’s involvement in the development of Bitcoin.

The Reliance Documents in question are challenged by COPA as forged or inauthentic. But the Developers submit the shortcoming in the content of those documents goes beyond merely showing that the documents are forged. They show that the forgery was by Dr Wright and that Dr Wright cannot be Satoshi Nakamoto.

The Developers confined themselves to four of the matters identified by Dr Wuille in his unchallenged first witness statement, namely CheckBlockHeader, BTC Core, UTXO and bootstrapping. Dr Wright was cross-examined on the first three points. The fourth is addressed in Dr Wuille’s statement and corroborated by the documentary record.