冒充比特幣創辦人的澳洲電腦科學家被判入獄

Craig Wright 在三月「明顯違反」了該命令，該命令禁止他發起或威脅採取與比特幣相關的進一步法律行動

An Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be the founder of the bitcoin cryptocurrency was found to be in contempt of an order of London’s High Court on Thursday and was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.

週四，一名謊稱自己是比特幣加密貨幣創始人的澳洲電腦科學家被發現藐視倫敦高等法院的一項命令，被判處 12 個月監禁，緩刑兩年。

In a judgment on Thursday, Justice James Mellor said Craig Wright had committed “a clear breach” of the order in March that barred him from launching or threatening further legal action related to bitcoin, which has seen a meteoric rise in value since its launch around the time of the global financial crisis in 2008.

在周四的判決中，法官詹姆斯·梅勒(James Mellor) 表示，克雷格·賴特(Craig Wright) “明顯違反”了3 月份的命令，該命令禁止他發起或威脅採取進一步與比特幣相關的法律行動，比特幣自推出以來價值迅速上漲。

Lawyers for the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, or COPA, a group of technology and cryptocurrency firms, told the court on Wednesday that Wright had issued claims worth more than 900 billion pounds ($1.1 trillion) in October from companies and individuals related to intellectual property rights connected to bitcoin.

由科技和加密貨幣公司組成的加密開放專利聯盟 (COPA) 的律師週三告訴法庭，賴特 10 月向與智慧財產權相關的公司和個人提出了價值超過 9,000 億英鎊（1.1 兆美元）的索賠連接到比特幣。

The organization argued that Wright’s actions constituted contempt of court as he had been ordered to refrain from making any claims related to bitcoin in March, when Mellor ruled that he was not, as he claimed, the mysterious creator of the digital currency, nor the author of the initial versions of the bitcoin software.

該組織辯稱，賴特的行為構成了藐視法庭，因為三月他被勒令不得提出任何與比特幣相關的主張，當時梅勒裁定他並非如他所聲稱的那樣，是數字貨幣的神秘創造者，也不是作者。

Mellor said it was “beyond any reasonable doubt” that Wright had indeed been in contempt of the court order.

梅勒表示，“毫無疑問”，賴特確實藐視了法庭命令。

Wright, who according to court documents is in either Indonesia or Singapore, attended Thursday’s hearing by video link. He did not attend the previous day’s session when COPA made its case.

根據法庭文件，賴特在印尼或新加坡，他透過視訊連結參加了周四的聽證會。他沒有參加前一天 COPA 闡述觀點的會議。

He said he planned to appeal the contempt finding.

他說他計劃對藐視法庭的裁決​​提出上訴。

For eight years, Wright had claimed that he was the man behind “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the pseudonym that masked the identity of the creator of bitcoin.

八年來，賴特一直聲稱自己是「中本聰」背後的人，這個筆名掩蓋了比特幣創造者的身分。

The murky origins of bitcoin date to the height of the financial crisis in 2008. A paper authored by a person or group using the Nakamoto pen name explained how digital currency could be sent around the world anonymously, without banks or national currencies. Nakamoto seemed to vanish three years later and their identity was never established.

比特幣的神秘起源可以追溯到2008 年金融危機最嚴重的時候。 。三年後，中本似乎消失了，他們的身份也從未被確定。

In basic terms, cryptocurrency is digital money designed to work through an online network without a central authority — meaning it’s typically not backed by any government or banking institution — and transactions get recorded with technology called a blockchain.

從根本上來說，加密貨幣是一種數位貨幣，旨在透過沒有中央權威的線上網路運作——這意味著它通常不受任何政府或銀行機構的支持——並且交易是透過稱為區塊鏈的技術記錄的。

Bitcoin is the largest and oldest cryptocurrency, although other assets like ethereum, XRP, tether and dogecoin have also gained popularity over the years. Some investors see cryptocurrency as a “digital alternative” to traditional money, but most daily financial transactions are still conducted using currencies such as the dollar.

比特幣是最大、最古老的加密貨幣，儘管以太幣、XRP、tether 和狗狗幣等其他資產多年來也越來越受歡迎。一些投資者將加密貨幣視為傳統貨幣的“數位替代品”，但大多數日常金融交易仍然使用美元等貨幣進行。

Wright, who first claimed he was Nakamoto in 2016, has been accused of seeking to profit from bitcoin’s huge spike in value. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, for example, bitcoin stood at just over $5,000. Earlier this month in the wake of the U.S. election victory of Donald Trump, who is a big supporter of cryptocurrencies, it breached the $100,000 level for the first time.

賴特於 2016 年首次聲稱自己是中本聰，他被指控試圖從比特幣價值的大幅上漲中獲利。例如，2020 年初 COVID-19 大流行開始時，比特幣價格略高於 5,000 美元。本月早些時候，加密貨幣的大力支持者唐納德·川普在美國大選中獲勝後，加密貨幣的價格首次突破 10 萬美元大關。

The currency remains hugely volatile. On Thursday, it was trading at around $80,000, down nearly a fifth in just a couple of weeks.

該貨幣仍然大幅波動。週四，其交易價格約為 8 萬美元，短短幾週內下跌了近五分之一。