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I don't think Wright gained anything. Gavin, however, gained an enormous sum of money. If Wright paid him.

• danielweber 10y ago
  Assume incompetence (or normal human gullibility) over malice.
  • webkike 10y ago
    I do assume. But my point is I think most people would probably sacrifice their credibility for a lump sum, especially if they knew the person wasn't going to be able to convince the public.
• saint_fiasco 10y ago
  But why would Wright pay Gavin? What did he expect to gain?
  • PeterisP 10y ago
    The article goes a bit into detail - Wright is on the hook for a few million dollars of tax issues, and seems to urgently need a plausible (to a judge) legal source of extremely large amounts of bitcoin or face persecution (possibly criminal) for tax fraud.
• disposeofnick9 10y ago
  Regardless of is/not, Wright says he did it to never do it again.