London | Australian techno-entrepreneur Craig Wright is headed to an English courtroom to prove that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous and almost mythical progenitor of bitcoin, as part of a fight to wrest control of his claimed creation.
Five years after Dr Wright outed himself as Nakamoto, and with debate still raging as to the credibility of a claim he has never conclusively established, it will now fall to an English intellectual property judge to make the big call.
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Hans 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
