Bitcoin Creator and Superagent: What You Should Know About Craig Wright

Wright become a known figure in crypto community after media reports linking his identity to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, surfaced in late 2015.

The Wired story claimed that Wright "Either invented bitcoin or is a brilliant hoaxer who very badly wants us to believe he did." It was based on documents and emails that were purportedly leaked by "An anonymous source close to Wright" to an independent security researcher Gwern Branwen, who co-wrote the article with Wired author Andy Greenberg.

Gizmodo ran a story that featured documents allegedly obtained by a hacker who accessed Wright's email accounts, claiming that Satoshi Nakamoto was a joint pseudonym for Craig Steven Wright and his friend, computer forensics analyst and cybersecurity specialist David Kleiman, who died in 2013.

Later on in the same month, Wright published a sentimental apology piece where he refused to publish the proof of access to one of the earliest Bitcoin keys, saying he doesn't have the "Courage" do it.

Wright still claims to be the pseudonymous Bitcoin creator.

On Reddit, user Skoopitup argued that the BlackNet paper that Wright supposedly submitted in 2001 largely copied the official Bitcoin white paper, which notably contained significant corrections to an earlier draft that had been shared by Satoshi earlier in August 2008.

Wright played a key role in the BCH hash wars - and now claims that Bitcoin SV is the original Bitcoin.

As a result, the BCH community was split into three fractions: Bitcoin ABC, Bitcoin Unlimited and Bitcoin SV. Craig Wright lead the Bitcoin SV team, whose goal was to restore "The original Satoshi protocol" by changing the current BCH structure.

At some point, after Jihan Wu, co-founder of major crypto miner and manufacturer Bitmain, who supported the Bitcoin ABC team, accused Wright of being a Blockstream spy and a "Fake Satoshi." In response, the computer scientist entered a verbal fight.

Specifically, the statement reads, Wright "Forged a series of contracts that purported to transfer Dave's assets to Craig and/or companies controlled by him. Craig backdated these contracts and forged Dave's signature on them."