Craig Wright Defeated in Lawsuit Against Hodlonaut
Craig Wright. Source: a video screenshot, Coingeek Australian computer scientist and self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright, has been defeated in a defamation case in Norway against the popular Bitcoin (BTC) influencer Hodlonaut. The win for Hodlonaut came after a seven-day trial in Oslo, Norway in September. The trial came about after Hodlonaut sued Wright in Norway in an attempt to avoid another lawsuit that was brought against him in the UK by Wright. Central to the case was whether Hodlonaut, an outspoken critic of Wright and his Bitcoin SV (BSV) cryptocurrency, was justified in calling Wright a liar and a fraud in 2019. According to a transcript of the ruling, “the prevailing opinion in the media&rdquo ; has been, and still is, that “Wright is unlikely to be Satoshi Nakamoto.” As such, Hodlonaut’s tweets where he called Wright a fraud were justifiable, the judge concluded: “Against this background, the court believes that [H...