Adam Back files previously unseen Satoshi Nakamoto emails in Craig Wright trial
Adam Back has submitted his early correspondence with Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto to a UK court as part of his testimony in the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) vs. Craig Wright trial on Feb. 22.
Back is testifying against Wright, who claims to be the creator of Bitcoin and wants to assert a copyright claim on the Bitcoin whitepaper and associated materials.
COPA noted that Wright’s claim “stops the development of bitcoin [and] chills and silences developers.” According to the group, this makes the outcome a matter of public interest and Bitcoin developer safety.
Nakamoto referred to what would eventually become Bitcoin as a version of e-Cash — a technology offered by David Chaum’s DigiCash company until 1998.
In another email, Back suggested that Nakamoto read about a proposal called B-Money by Wei Dai. Nakamoto notably told Back that he had not read the B-Money web page but said that he would credit the author in his paper. B-Money is cited in the final Bitcoin whitepaper.
The development is noteworthy because Wright has previously claimed that he was inspired by B-Money when creating Bitcoin. However, the email suggests that Nakamoto was unaware of it until a few weeks before Bitcoin was launched.
