Bitcoin Hoaxer Fools BBC

[NickFitz]

The Economist, having been one of the recipients of the supposed proofs, remains rather dubious: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Is he? | The Economist

Upgrade that to "backing down hastily": Craig Wright's claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto come under fire | The Economist

[BrilloPad]

Central banks conspire to harvest Bitcoin's revolutionary technology

[NickFitz]

He's bottled it: Bitcoin 'creator' backs out of Satoshi coin move 'proof' - BBC News

[AtW]

His lawyer told him that if he is "Satoshi" then a lot of tax will be due on "mined" "coins"

[NickFitz]

His lawyer told him that if he is "Satoshi" then a lot of tax will be due on "mined" "coins"

Other way around. He claimed to have invested a load of money in some kind of R&D, funded by bitcoins. The Australian government gives tax incentives to corporations for R&D, and as a result his company received many millions of AUD. Then the company that supposedly supplied the supercomputer on which the R&D had been carried out said it had never sold him one, and the Australian tax folk started investigating him for fraud.

So now he has to try and convince the Australian authorities that he really did have lots of bitcoins at the time and actually did the R&D in question, using those bitcoins (which he says he no longer controls, having put them in a trust abroad) to fund it. Otherwise, he's on the hook for fraudulently claiming the R&D allowance, among other things.

More: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/com..._craig/cxuo6ac

[AtW]

Other way around. He claimed to have invested a load of money in some kind of R&D, funded by bitcoins.

Yes, that WAS IN THE PAST, and now by admitting he owns lots of mined "coins"...