澳洲克雷格·賴特因冒充比特幣發明者「中本聰」被判處一年監禁

澳洲人克雷格·賴特並不是比特幣發明者「中本聰」。這是英國法院在三月確立的。

Australian Craig Wright, who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin under the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto," has been sentenced to one year in prison by an English court for filing further lawsuits despite being prohibited from doing so.

澳洲人克雷格·賴特（Craig Wright）以筆名「中本聰」自稱是比特幣的發明者，他因在被禁止的情況下提起進一步訴訟而被英國法院判處一年監禁。

The sentence was handed down on Thursday and is suspended for two years. However, Wright must pay 145,000 pounds in legal costs within two weeks.

該判決於週四作出，緩刑兩年。然而，賴特必須在兩週內支付 145,000 英鎊的法律費用。

The court had previously established that Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, a claim that was central to four of the five lawsuits he filed.

法院先前已確定賴特不是中本聰，這項主張是他提起的五起訴訟中四起訴訟的核心。

In a fourth lawsuit, the industry association COPA sued Wright, seeking a declaration that he is not Sakomoto (case no. IL-2021-000019). This was to ensure that Wright stopped harassing people from the Bitcoin orbit.

在第四起訴訟中，產業協會 COPA 起訴 Wright，要求聲明他不是 Sakomoto（案號：IL-2021-000019）。這是為了確保賴特停止騷擾比特幣軌道上的人。

In a fifth action (Ref. BL-2021-000313), brought on behalf of Wright's company Tulip Trading Limiteds, Wright sought to require Bitcoin programmers to manipulate the blockchain to recover 111,000 Bitcoin that had been lost. Mr. Sakamoto's identity played no role in these proceedings. An appeals court found last year that the blockchain manipulation claim was not hopeless, but Wright has since dropped the lawsuit.

在代表 Wright 的公司 Tulip Trading Limiteds 提起的第五項訴訟（參考編號 BL-2021-000313）中，Wright 試圖要求比特幣程式設計師操縱區塊鏈，以找回遺失的 111,000 個比特幣。坂本先生的身份在這些訴訟中並沒有扮演任何角色。上訴法院去年裁定區塊鏈操縱指控並非毫無希望，但賴特此後放棄了訴訟。

Despite being prohibited from filing further lawsuits, Wright continued to do so, prompting COPA to apply for a conviction for contempt of court, which was ultimately granted.

儘管被禁止提起進一步訴訟，賴特仍繼續這樣做，促使 COPA 申請藐視法庭定罪，並最終獲得批准。

In his new lawsuit, Wright is again asserting intellectual property claims, this time to the value of 911 billion pounds (a good 1.1 trillion euros).

在他的新訴訟中，賴特再次提出智慧財產權主張，這次的價值為 9,110 億英鎊（相當於 1.1 兆歐元）。

The court found that Wright's new lawsuit is indirectly claiming that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, as only Nakamoto could, if at all, claim the allegedly infringed rights.

法院認為，賴特的新訴訟間接聲稱他是中本聰，因為只有中本聰才能主張所涉嫌侵犯的權利。

Additionally, the court's previous order prohibits Wright from asserting a list of intellectual property claims relating to Bitcoin at all, regardless of whether he is directly claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto.

此外，法院先前的命令禁止 Wright 提出一系列與比特幣相關的智慧財產權主張，無論他是否直接聲稱自己是中本聰。

Thus, Wright was convicted of contempt of court for filing the new lawsuit despite being prohibited from doing so.

因此，賴特在被禁止的情況下仍因提起新訴訟而被判藐視法庭罪。

Throughout the proceedings, Wright has not made any friends in court with his fisticuffs. Not only does he repeatedly put forward legally untenable arguments, he also violates the procedural rules.

在整個訴訟過程中，賴特沒有在法庭上用拳頭交到任何朋友。他不僅屢屢提出法律上站不住腳的論點，而且還違反了程序規則。

For example, he has lodged an appeal directly with the Court of Appeal, although it should be lodged with the court of first instance. He has also served documents on defendants abroad without the required authorization.

例如，他直接向上訴法院提出上訴，儘管應向初審法院提出上訴。他還未經必要授權向國外被告送達文件。

In addition, Wright has repeatedly accused the judge of bias. The central element of this allegation is apparently a typo in a tweet by a third party. According to this, the judge is said to have attended a COPA event, i.e. one of the plaintiff's events – not in itself a reason for bias. However, he was actually referring to CIPA, an organization of British patent attorneys. The judge noted that he had never been to a COPA event and rejected the claim of bias.

此外，賴特也多次指責法官有偏見。這項指控的核心要素顯然是第三方推文中的拼字錯誤。據此，據說法官參加了 COPA 活動，即原告的活動之一，這本身並不是偏見的原因。然而，他實際上指的是英國專利律師組織 CIPA。法官指出，他從未參加過 COPA 賽事，並駁回了偏見的說法。

The current judgment of the England and Wales High Court can be cited as [2024] EWHC 3315 (Ch), the case number is IL-2021-000019. The court documents are subject to the Open Government Licence 3.0.

英格蘭及威爾斯高等法院目前的判決可引用為[2024] EWHC 3315 (Ch)，案號為IL-2021-000019。法庭文件受開放政府許可證 3.0 的約束。

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This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical assistance and editorially reviewed before publication.

本文原以德文發表。它是在技術援助下翻譯的，並在出版前經過編輯審查。