‘Hodlonaut’ declares victory against Craig Wright in Norwegian defamation case ‘Hodlonaut’ declares victory against Craig Wright in Norwegian defamation case
A Norweigan court ruled that sufficient evidence exists that Craig Wright lied in attempting to prove he is the creator of Bitcoin.
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Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 4:00 pm UTC
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“Hodlonaut,” also known as Magnus Granath, took to Twitter to declare victory in his defamation lawsuit against self-described Bitcoin creator Craig Wright.
I won. Welcome to law.
— hodlonaut 🌮⚡🔑 🐝 (@hodlonaut) October 20, 2022
The six-day trial ended on Sept. 20, but an embargo prevented the result from being disclosed until Oct 20.
Jameson Lopp tweeted his thoughts on the matter and said that the evidence presented was sufficiently factual to state Wright had lied in attempting to prove he is Satoshi Nakamoto.
Granath filed the lawsuit as a preemptive action against Wright to obtain a declaratory judgment that the tweets he posted were lawful, made under free speech and that he was not liable to pay damages to Wright.
Wright claimed that Granath’s social media posts were defamatory and had damaged his reputation. A court hearing to answer this is scheduled for late 2023, in London, according to Wright’s legal team.
However, the result of the Norweigan trial will be considered in the London hearing.
Members of the Bitcoin community have taken to social media to congratulate Granath.
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Bitcoin, a decentralized currency that defies the sway of central banks or administrators, transacts electronically, circumventing intermediaries via a peer-to-peer network.
Craig Steven Wright, commonly referred to as CSW, is an Australian computer scientist and business professional who has been at the center of controversy within the cryptocurrency community.