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> judgment highlights Wright's failure to prove his assertion that he owns 'genesis blocks' of bitcoin which would today be worth billions of pounds. Under cros

by rdtsc 2y ago

> judgment highlights Wright's failure to prove his assertion that he owns 'genesis blocks' of bitcoin which would today be worth billions of pounds. Under cross-examination, Wright attempted to explain gaps in his evidence by resorting to 'technobabble'. Wonder what he babbled about? That would seem like one of the more convincing proofs. “Here, let me move one of those original bitcoins”. So it had to be some version of “the dog ate the hard drive” kind of excuse.

once_inc 2y ago
The X account BitNorbert has livetweeted most what was said during the court proceedings. Wright babbled about how external systems that hosted his files had changed the metadata in an attempt to extricate him from the mess he left himself in when forensic experts noted how his evidence contained timestamps from 2024 or 2023. Wright extensively modified files, including iteratively modifying a latex file containing the whitepaper to make it layout similarly to the original whitepaper (which was written in openoffice btw). Wright is a narcissistic fraud that continued doubling down upon doubling down on his own lies.
throwaway22032 2y ago
The entire thing from the beginning has been him playing this silly game like a five year old that thinks we can't see him under the bed.
- lupire 2y ago
  Usually when people do this, they don't care that anyone with a half a brain knows they are lying, because they focus their attention ripping off people who don't have half a brain. I'm going to decline to wave my arms at all the Current Things, but you can fill in blanks easily .
  - nullc 2y ago
    > Usually when people do this, they don't care that anyone with a half a brain knows they are lying, because they focus their attention ripping off people who don't have half a brain. Indeed. The scammer doesn't care if most people disbelieve, they only need a few (their victims) to believe very strongly. The goals of being generally believable and very convincing to a few can even be mutually exclusive. Especially when things like defamation litigation threats silences people who know he's lying, or at least keep them easily dismissed (e.g. posting anonymously).

by rdtsc 2y ago

once_inc 2y ago

The X account BitNorbert has livetweeted most what was said during the court proceedings. Wright babbled about how external systems that hosted his files had changed the metadata in an attempt to extricate him from the mess he left himself in when forensic experts noted how his evidence contained timestamps from 2024 or 2023. Wright extensively modified files, including iteratively modifying a latex file containing the whitepaper to make it layout similarly to the original whitepaper (which was written in openoffice btw). Wright is a narcissistic fraud that continued doubling down upon doubling down on his own lies.

throwaway22032 2y ago

The entire thing from the beginning has been him playing this silly game like a five year old that thinks we can't see him under the bed.

lupire 2y ago
Usually when people do this, they don't care that anyone with a half a brain knows they are lying, because they focus their attention ripping off people who don't have half a brain. I'm going to decline to wave my arms at all the Current Things, but you can fill in blanks easily .
- nullc 2y ago
  > Usually when people do this, they don't care that anyone with a half a brain knows they are lying, because they focus their attention ripping off people who don't have half a brain. Indeed. The scammer doesn't care if most people disbelieve, they only need a few (their victims) to believe very strongly. The goals of being generally believable and very convincing to a few can even be mutually exclusive. Especially when things like defamation litigation threats silences people who know he's lying, or at least keep them easily dismissed (e.g. posting anonymously).