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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Callum Parke

Man behind false Bitcoin founder claim improperly used AI in appeal bid – judge

Dr Craig Wright has been ordered to pay legal costs (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Archive)

Computer scientist Dr Craig Wright has been ordered to pay £225,000 in legal costs by a judge after he was found to have “improperly used AI” in a failed bid to appeal against a High Court ruling that he is not the founder of Bitcoin.

Dr Wright lost a legal battle against Crypto Open Patent Alliance (Copa), a non-profit group including cryptocurrency firms, last year over claims that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym attributed to the person widely credited with establishing the cryptocurrency.

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