Faketoshi

In February 2024, Craig Wright began the final act of a decade-long effort to be formally recognised as Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. Success would see him crush his enemies, silence his critics and open the floodgates to billionairedom. Equally as importantly, he would stand alone as Bitcoin's inventor, affording him the intellectual recognition he also fervently craved.

Having failed in his attempts to publicly prove his claim, which led to ridicule and dismissal of Wright as a fraud, he hit upon a new plan: weaponise the British legal system to secure a court ruling confirming his 'identity'. Achieving this goal would bring more money than he could dream of, while his long-disputed Satoshi claim would be cemented in law.

The result was a plethora of lawsuits, whose combined value exceeded a trillion dollars, representing the apex of Wright's ten-year odyssey to claim the mantle of Satoshi Nakamoto. What transpired, however, was a litany of spectacular missteps, lies and failures, all of which ended with Wright's name etched into the history books as the most prolific evidence forger in documented British legal history.