Craig Wright is not defamed by referring to it as fraud, judicial rules

Craig Wright is not defamed by referring to it as fraud, judicial rules

Craig Wright hoped to convince the world that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, but his dream was made on Thursday when a Norwegian judge decided that public comments that made Wright's claims ridiculed were not illegal or particularly offensive.

Magnus Granath, a Norwegian who is known online under the pseudonym Hodlonaut, described Wright in a series of tweets from March 2019 as "a very sad and pathetic fraud" and "a fraudster". The tweets were deleted a few weeks later, but not before they aroused the anger of the Australian entrepreneur, who claimed since 2015 -That he is Satoshi, the pseudonymous author of the Bitcoin WhitePapers.

Wright's lawyers threatened to complain in Great Britain, unless Granath recognizes Wright as Satoshi. Instead, Granath, the plaintiff in the Norwegian case, applied for a judgment that his tweets were justified.

"Welcome to law" is an indication of the final line of Wrights own screed from 2019 as he swors Provide evidence ”by using“ courts and laws ”.

At least one dish has now stated that the evidence is still not there. In the decision of the Oslo District Court, judge Helen Engebrigtsen concluded that Granath's statements were not defamatory if they were considered against his right to freedom of expression.

"The court believes that Granath had sufficient factual reasons to say that Wright, when trying to prove that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, lied and cheated," the judgment said. in the translation from the Norwegian, states.

For years, Wright has been to be the author of versions of the