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Sep 19 7 tweets 2 min read
Reflections on day 6. #WeAreAllHodlonaut

What a day, it flew by. And by the end of it, I think we all shared a distinctive optimism. We expected a good day, but it was in fact a great day.
BDO and Cyfor witnessed for Hodlonaut. Well no, formally they were Wright's witnesses, but incredibly they shared KPMG's findings and even praised their report. Their remarks centered around methodology, and came off rather lightweight.
Manshaus pressed on the white paper hash differences, trying to ascribe it to sloppy KPMG work. I had no impression that any of that stuck; instead it felt like grasping at straws. Witnesses themselves largely discounted this.
It turned out that BDO, one of the world's largest professional services companies, weren't going to sacrifice their reputation for Wright. This turned into a major self-own for him.
The closing arguments from Hodlonaut's side were a whirlwind summary of all the evidence we've seen against Wright over the last week. Receiving it in such a compressed form is overwhelming – there's so much falsification that it's hard to take all of it in.
The next (and final) court date is on Wednesday, giving the judge extra time to digest everything from today before Wright's side gives their own closing remarks.
In spite of optimism, let's not get complacent now. The case has not been won. Let's continue to cover the proceedings with equal force and continue to show Hodlonaut that his fight is our fight.

See you back in court on Wednesday.

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Sep 21
Reflections on day 7. #WeAreAllHodlonaut

It's been a long trial, and I think we were all a bit tired of the whole thing. So today felt long, much thanks to the grueling repetitiveness of Wright's lawyers.
We did get a flying start from Hodlonaut's side this morning. Haukaas and Myklebust were at their top game today, citing law and picking the opposition's citations apart.
As a layman, I've found Hodlonaut's lawyers relatively easy to follow through most whole trial, in strong contrast to Manshaus and Helle who frequently reached for strange connections to arcane precedence. Such were their closing arguments. "When you have nothing, you put more."
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Day 7 🧵 #WeAreAllHodlonaut

GM Oslo 🌅 It's the last day of the trial, and court will be in session in 90 minutes.
We'll hear the remainder of Hodlonaut's closing arguments in the first session (85 minutes), and the rest of the day will be Wright's closing arguments. And then we all go home.
Be aware that this isn't like in the movies where court ends with the declaration of the verdict and the bang of a gavel. We don't know exactly when the verdict will fall, but we're talking weeks, probably well into October.
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Sep 19
Day 6 🧵 #WeAreAllHodlonaut

It's been a nice and sunny weekend here in Oslo, spent seeing the sights and hanging out with awesome bitcoiners. Ready for the final two days of the trial! Court session starts in 90 minutes.
We're scheduled to start off with BDO's witness statement. They were hired by Wright's side to pick holes in the KPMG report. So far we've instead heard that they frequently agreed with KPMG's conclusions. Will be interesting to learn more about their findings.
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Sep 16
Reflections on day 5. #WeAreAllHodlonaut

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.
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Sep 16
Day 5 🧵

It's KPMG day, rise and shine! In 90 minutes, court will be back in session. #WeAreAllHodlonaut
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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.
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Reflections on day 4. #WeAreAllHodlonaut

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.
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