Thread by @bitnorbert

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."

From time to time they slipped into the Chewbacca defence. In particular their argument that evidence Hodlonaut didn't have available to him at the time of the tweets is inadmissible struck me as fully nonsensical.

My favourite moment today came as Haukaas pointed out the power differential between the sides, asking the judge to simply look at the room. Wright's nine lawyers against Hodlonaut's two. It's clear who's Goliath there.

Manshaus said Wright couldn't actually respond to Hodlonaut's tweets because his Twitter account was closed and he does NOT have his own media channel. As we left court we were met with Coingeek's fully staffed production crew who goes everywhere with him. Yeah, no.

I remain earnestly optimistic for a ruling that favours Hodlonaut. The sheer amount of doctored evidence is staggering and must make an impression on the judge. So must the hearsay and empty praise that were Wright's witnesses. Hodlonaut's lawyers showed her all this clearly.

It's been my great privilege to help give the events of this trial more public exposure.

I've found the whole experience a bit absurd, which I'll write about another time.

Thanks so much for reading and being so generous with your messages of gratitude and all your tips!