Man who claims he invented bitcoin faces prison after filing $1.1 trillion suit

UK judge issues 1-year suspended prison sentence as Wright hides in Asia.

2d ago

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Damn. I just buy my suits off the rack. Way cheaper.
- He should go to prison. Filing a suit that expensive could permanently damage it
  
  At least he didn't defile it.
  
  I've been saying it for years. Shuits should not be filed only shelved.
How frustrating would it be to be this guy if his claims were true.
- Then it would be trivial to sign a message using his known wallet address that could be cryptographicly verified. But he is lying so he can't.
  
  I don't think this guy is Satoshi but no Bitcoin wallets known to belong to Satoshi have been active since their initial transactions. I think it's likely that the keys for those wallets have been lost. So I don't think the inability to sign these messages proves that he's not Satoshi, the fraud does though.
- Pretty sure they caught him in a lie or two
Looks like he won a stupid prize
- Yea

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