Bitcoin’s Aussie ‘founder’ on why the crypto pretenders will go bust
Craig Wright has won few friends with his claim to be the currency’s inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, and his $60 trillion courtroom crusade against his rivals. So, who is he, really?
In the pantheon of well-known Australians who have made Britain their home – Cate Blanchett, Nick Cave, Germaine Greer, Lynton Crosby, Lex Greensill and so on – the name Craig Wright probably doesn’t ring the same kind of bell.
But his claimed alter ego might sound the chime: Satoshi Nakamoto. Anyone who knocks around tech or cryptocurrencies will have heard of the mysterious, anonymous author of the 2008 “white paper” that served as midwife to bitcoin.
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondentHans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com
