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Who is Craig Wright? 🤔

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Craig Wright is an Australian computer IT professional who says he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of #Bitcoin.

He also helped lead the fork between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in 2017 by arguing that $BCH was closer to his intention for the network.

This caused another revolt that led to Bitcoin SV, a coin that prominent exchange such as Binance refuses to list over security concerns.

Dave Kleiman, who died in 2013, was a computer scientist and Wright's business partner.

Kleiman's estate is suing Wright, claiming that the men together created the blockchain network and that Wright defrauded Kleiman after his death.

Wright says he invented Bitcoin on his own, though he has not provided the private keys to Satoshi's Bitcoin address—proof that he owned the account.

In 2019, Judge Bruce Reinhart found Wright to be "not credible" while also recommending that he transfer half of his Bitcoins to Kleiman's estate and ordering him to pay the plaintiff's lawyer fees.

In January 2020, nearly two years after Kleiman's estate brought the lawsuit, Wright's lawyer confirmed that he didn't possess the keys to Satoshi's address.

After facing COVID-related delays, the jury began hearing arguments in early November 2021 and have spent the last few days deliberating over the case.

On Wednesday, 1st Dec, 2021, the jury was deadlocked, having issued the following statement:

“Unfortunately we cannot come to a conclusion and we cannot all agree on a verdict on any of the questions.”

If the jury is still unable to reach a verdict, the judge could declare a mistrial.