Bitcoin SV benefactor Calvin Ayre has announced he's funding a documentary centered around the life and times of Craig Wright, the Australian man who claims to have invented Bitcoin.
Ayre said he has hired a documentary film crew from London and they will "Dig through everything" regarding Wright's claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto.
Ayre also revealed he has hired an investigative reporter to write a book about Wright, after the Australian publisher cancelled Behind The Mask: Craig Wright and the Battle for Bitcoin in January.
The authors of Behind The Mask are yet to release a statement on the matter, however if the book had provided evidence disputing Wright's claims of inventing Bitcoin, the publisher would have been wise to be cautious.
Wright is particularly litigious - even when he doesn't have a particularly strong case - and has filed lawsuits against Blockstream CEO Adam Back and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin for defamation for doubting his claims, and subsequently dropped both cases.
A similar case against Roger Ver was dropped by a U.K. court in May. A case against podcaster Peter McCormack is ongoing.
McCormack was recently ordered to pay around $24,000 in costs to Wright.
Discovery in the matter begins on September 4.Satoshi's Sister: The MovieWright is not the only member of his family with ambitions to feature in a crypto-related movie.
His sister, Lisa N Edwards, is developing a feature called CoinRunners based around her life as a Bitcoin trader.
In other movie news, Cointelegraph reported in June that Hollywood would be producing a movie based on the book Bitcoin Billionaires with Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss.
Coming Soon: Craig Wright The Movie
Published on Aug 13, 2020
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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