According to PANews, the UK High Court has issued a comprehensive ban on defamation lawsuits filed by Craig Wright, who claims to be Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Judge Edward Mellor's ruling on May 12 highlighted Wright's repeated false statements and aggressive litigation tactics, which have created legal challenges for individuals and developers in the Bitcoin community. The court noted Wright's attempts to weaponize the legal system to intimidate critics, often relying on fabricated evidence that forced others to spend significant time and money on legal defenses.
In 2021, the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) sued Wright for his long-standing false claims of being the inventor of Bitcoin. Last March, a UK court ruled that Wright was not involved in Bitcoin's creation, and in December, he received a one-year suspended sentence for contempt of court. The recent ban marks the end of nearly a decade of legal disputes, during which Wright also filed defamation lawsuits against figures such as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.
