Wright's witnesses today were yet more hearsay and praise and vague recollections with no retained evidence. A boring waste of the court's time.
It's hard to have a qualified opinion on Klin's diagnosis, but it having been handed out after three hours of personal interaction must be quite a bit too simple. Interesting that so much time was spent on assuring the court that he's really not a malignant narcissist.
KPMG has done proper work, as expected. Several findings seemed familiar from earlier cases. I got my wish – seeing Manshaus ask some of the world's foremost digital forensics experts if they had made amateur mistakes. These manipulations must be so harmful to their case.
Today I frequently missed things, and got some aspects wrong. Correctness and completeness are really at odds, especially as I translate from Norwegian on-the-go, and having been at it for hours. Hopefully you all follow other tweeters and not just me so you get the full picture!
I'm so thankful for all the tips I received today, and all your messages of gratitude. And I'm so so thankful that the weekend is here. Let's all get some rest and get ready for the final stretch next week!
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It's KPMG day, rise and shine! In 90 minutes, court will be back in session. #WeAreAllHodlonaut
We'll hear from four more of Wright's witnesses (yes, he brought like 10 of them in total, #WitnessesAreProof). There is Bridges, Sinclair, Yousuf (don't have their full names – do you?) and Max Lynam. This will take the first half of the day.
Second half is all for KPMG and their report where they found a number of manipulations among the filed document evidence. They are the foremost experts in digital forensics, so this should be fun! I expects lots of the usual sloppiness.
Today's witnesses attracted a larger audience on both sides. I enjoyed seeing and meeting more bitcoiners, and still encourage more to show up!
The videos from Hodlonaut's side were old news to many, but they are a good selection of crazy and now the judge has seen them.
As expected, Hodlonaut's witnesses all did a great job. I thought Halseth would talk about Lightning, but instead he picked Sartre apart. Of course Wright would say yes it was fraud, but only to sabotage badman McGregor. Still shows Wright will use fraud as a tool.
Good morning! Join for me for another fun day at the courthouse? We have 90 minutes to get there before court's back in session. #WeAreAllHodlonaut
Witness statements start today. We'll hear from Hodlonaut's witnesses for the first three sessions. Looking forward to this as they are all talented people.
Torbjørn Bull Jenssen is CEO of Arcane Crypto, a company with many offerings, but increasingly famous for the mining and trading related reports out of Arcane Research. Jenssen is also a media darling in all matters of cryptocurrency in Norway. A very talented speaker.
I'm exhausted after each court day, but today I'm something else as well: energised! I have to interpret this physical reaction as a growing optimism on Hodlonaut's behalf.
Hodlonaut came out really well in cross-interrogation. He maintained a calm demeanour, spoke clearly and articulately, kept a respectful tone. Wright's side had surprisingly weak arguments against him, nothing that made much of an impression.
Manshaus appeared uncomfortable at times. What has he gotten his prestigious firm into?
Court will be in session in 90 minutes. Today is set aside for statements from each party – so we'll finally hear from them in person. Hodlonaut gets the first half of the day, Wright second.
A big screen TV is being rolled in. Perhaps there is some chance today that plaintiff will finally get to play the videos that have been put off since Monday?
All the storytelling to support Craig being Satoshi has been done in several older cases and I'm personally a bit bored with them. There's nothing new, and the stories haven't worked before.
Attacking the KPMG report preemptively might have been a smart move (plaintiff has barely mentioned it yet). Personally I was not convinced by Manshaus' attempts at technical explanations for KPMG's findings. Some of them were nonsensical.
Unlike plaintiff yesterday, Manshaus is impressively skilled at finishing on time. Right at the minute at every break, and 8 seconds over time at the end of the day.