Self-Described Bitcoin Creator Denies Friend Helped Mine Fortune
- Craig Wright gets emotional telling jury about friend’s death
- Entrepreneur’s court testimony hasn’t resolved Satoshi mystery
Craig Wright arrives at federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 2019.
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The self-described creator of Bitcoin emphatically denied in court that his late friend and fellow computer scientist helped him launch the cryptocurrency.
While Craig Wright acknowledged that the two worked together, the Australian entrepreneur insisted in his testimony this week that they only mined Bitcoin together for test purposes, not for profit. If the jury buys that explanation it could shield Wright from having to split a $73 billion fortune he would control if he’s truly the founder of the Bitcoin ecosystem.