自稱比特幣創造者的澳洲電腦科學家被判藐視法庭

克雷格·賴特博士的主張和隨後的訴訟在加密貨幣世界中引起了爭議，比特幣的去中心化精神直接反對他所尋求的壟斷控制。

An Australian computer scientist who has repeatedly claimed to be Bitcoin's creator has been found in contempt of London's High Court on Thursday.

週四，倫敦高等法院發現一名多次聲稱自己是比特幣創造者的澳洲電腦科學家藐視法庭。

Why It Matters

為什麼它很重要

Dr. Craig Wright's claims and subsequent lawsuits have been controversial within the cryptocurrency world, where Bitcoin's decentralized ethos directly opposes the monopolistic control he has sought.

克雷格·賴特博士的主張和隨後的訴訟在加密貨幣世界中引起了爭議，比特幣的去中心化精神直接反對他所尋求的壟斷控制。

The court's decision represents a major victory for the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a consortium of technology and cryptocurrency firms advocating for open-source software development. By challenging Wright's lawsuits, COPA aimed to prevent the disruption of Bitcoin's development and to protect the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem from Wright's litigation threats, which included claims totaling more than £900 billion ($1.1 trillion).

法院的裁決代表了加密貨幣開放專利聯盟（COPA）的重大勝利，該聯盟是一個由倡導開源軟體開發的技術和加密貨幣公司組成的聯盟。透過挑戰 Wright 的訴訟，COPA 旨在防止比特幣的發展受到干擾，並保護更廣泛的加密貨幣生態系統免受 Wright 的訴訟威脅，其中包括總額超過 9000 億英鎊（1.1 兆美元）的索賠。

What To Know

要知道什麼

Justice James Mellor sentenced Wright to a suspended 12-month prison term for violating a court order barring him from pursuing legal claims related to Bitcoin's intellectual property.

法官詹姆斯梅勒 (James Mellor) 判處 Wright 12 個月監禁，緩期執行，原因是他違反了法院禁止他提出與比特幣智慧財產權相關的法律索賠的命令。

Wright, who attended the hearing via video link from Asia, plans to appeal.

賴特從亞洲透過視訊參加了聽證會，他計劃上訴。

The Australian-born and English-resident computer scientist first claimed to be "Satoshi Nakamoto," the pseudonym that masked the identity of the creator of Bitcoin, in 2016. He asserts authorship of the 2008 white paper, a foundational document for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

這位出生於澳洲、居住在英國的電腦科學家於2016 年首次聲稱自己是“中本聰”，這個筆名掩蓋了比特幣創造者的身份。和其他技術的基礎文件。

He presented fake documents to support his assertions, according to findings from London's High Court earlier this year. His deceit consisted largely of forgeries "on a grand scale" and "technobabble." Because of this, Justice Mellor ruled in March 2024 that Wright did not create Bitcoin and had fabricated evidence to support his claim.

根據倫敦高等法院今年稍早的調查結果，他提供了虛假文件來支持自己的主張。他的欺騙主要包括「大規模」的偽造和「技術上的胡言亂語」。因此，梅勒法官於 2024 年 3 月裁定，賴特並未創造比特幣，並捏造了證據來支持他的主張。

Wright went on to commit "a clear breach" of the court order from March prohibiting further legal actions tied to his supposed intellectual property rights over Bitcoin.

賴特繼續「明顯違反」了 3 月的法院命令，該命令禁止對其所謂的比特幣智慧財產權採取進一步的法律行動。

His actions led to the contempt proceedings brought by COPA, which argued that his continued lawsuits aimed to "terrorize" developers and maintain a false narrative about Bitcoin's origins. The court struck out Wright's massive claims and ordered him to pay £145,000 in legal costs within two weeks.

他的行為導致了 COPA 提起的藐視法庭訴訟，該機構認為，他繼續提起訴訟的目的是「恐嚇」開發商，並維持有關比特幣起源的虛假敘述。法院駁回了賴特的巨額索賠，並命令他在兩週內支付 145,000 英鎊的法律費用。

What People Are Saying

人們在說什麼

Justice James Mellor told the court: "In both his written evidence and in days of oral evidence under cross-examination, I am entirely satisfied that Dr. Wright lied to the court extensively and repeatedly,"

法官詹姆斯·梅勒告訴法庭：“在他的書面證據和數天的盤問口頭證據中，我完全滿意賴特博士多次向法庭撒謊。”

"Most of his lies related to the documents he had forged, which purported to support his claim. All his lies and forged documents were in support of his biggest lie: his claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto."

“他的大部分謊言都與他偽造的文件有關，這些文件旨在支持他的主張。他所有的謊言和偽造的文件都支持他最大的謊言：他聲稱自己是中本聰。”

Jonathan Hough KC, counsel for COPA, told the court: Wright's legal threats had "terrorized" people, putting "developers and bloggers through...years of personal hell" and that the new claims were intended to "cause maximum possible distress."

COPA 律師喬納森·霍夫·KC (Jonathan Hough KC) 告訴法庭：賴特的法律威脅“嚇壞了”人們，讓“開發者和博主經歷了……數年的個人地獄”，而新的主張旨在「造成最大可能的痛苦」。

What Happens Next

接下來會發生什麼

Wright's suspended sentence allows him to avoid prison if he refrains from initiating further lawsuits. However, he has announced plans to appeal the contempt finding. Legal experts suggest the appeal is unlikely to succeed, given the strength of the evidence against him.

賴特的緩刑使他如果不提起進一步的訴訟就可以避免入獄。然而，他已宣布計劃對藐視法庭裁決提出上訴。法律專家表示，鑑於對他不利的證據充分，上訴不太可能成功。

The ruling is expected to impact three pending lawsuits Wright has filed based on his claims to Bitcoin's intellectual property rights. It remains to be seen whether Wright will persist in his efforts to claim ownership over the cryptocurrency's intellectual foundation, but the court's decision has significantly weakened his legal position.

該裁決預計將影響賴特基於其對比特幣智慧財產權的主張而提起的三項未決訴訟。賴特是否會堅持聲稱擁有加密貨幣知識基礎的所有權還有待觀察，但法院的裁決大大削弱了他的法律地位。

This article includes reporting from The Associated Press.

本文包含美聯社的報導。