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> but the fact that he actually got them to settle in his favor is another testament to how utterly broken the US legal system is. He didn't. The jury found
by nullc 5y ago
> but the fact that he actually got them to settle in his favor is another testament to how utterly broken the US legal system is.
He didn't. The jury found him civilly liable for $100 million USD in damages.
They didn't find that he had to hand over half the fictional bitcoins he claimed to have, -- presumably because they rightfully realized it was all a bunch of bullshit.
The fact that both industry and mainstream media articles are all just paraphrases of Wright's press releases is an example of how broken human journalism is these days.
- betwixthewires 5y agoThat actually makes the article make more sense to me. He didn't win shit, this is optics spin.
- nullc 5y agoYep. I think this is close the worst possible ruling for Wright. If they'd found against him on the other claims at least he'd be able to say that the jury certainly bought into his claim of owning a ton of early Bitcoin. There would have been much more damages, but $100 million or $25 billion will bankrupt him equally either way.