Craig Wright’s claim he invented bitcoin a ‘brazen lie’, court told

Craig Wright arriving at the high court in London on the first day of the trial. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

An Australian computer scientist’s claim to be the author of the founding text of bitcoin is a “brazen lie”, the high court has heard.

Craig Wright’s assertion that he is the pseudonymous author Satoshi Nakamoto was at the centre of a trial that began on Monday, where the 53-year-old is being sued by a group of cryptocurrency exchanges and developers.