Key Takeaways:
- A crypto personality offers Craig Wright proponent $100 million.
- Calvin Ayre replied but didn’t take the bet.
- Is Craig Wright indeed Satoshi? The court will decide.
YEREVAN (CoinChapter.com) — Kara Szabo, a crypto influencer, challenged Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre over a $100 million bet if he can prove Craig Wright is the Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Is Kara Szabo serious? Who knows! Calvin Ayre didn’t really accept the challenge but responded that Wright’s “domain knowledge and Patent portfolio” were enough for him, adding that “history will not be kind” to Szabo.
But the situation and people involved require clarifications before Szabo locks the billionaire in a “mortal combat” fight.
Satoshi Nakamoto Identity Remains Secret
The real identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto has troubled crypto enthusiasts for over a decade. In fact, there were many attempts to reveal it, ranging from reasonable to insane.
American journalist and author of “The Mastermind” Evan Ratliff stated in a 2021 interview that the person he believes to be the creator of the Bitcoin blockchain is the notorious international criminal Paul Le Roux. He is also the person who sold missile navigation software to the Iranian military.
Others skipped the research and claimed that Elon Musk, the chief of Tesla, SpaceX, and X.com, is Satoshi.
However, one of the loudest and most controversial theories pins the elusive Satoshi’s identity to Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist and businessman, who publically claimed the role in 2015. Additionally, the Wright controversy spread beyond speculations and involved several defamation trials.
In the latest development, the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a coalition of some of the most powerful companies in Silicon Valley, wants the court to declare that Dr. Wright is not Satoshi. The trial of COPA v. Wright is set to start in mid-January 2024.
