“Craig Wright feels like he's not good enough,” Van Pelt said.
Even after Dr. Wright failed to provide evidence, he maintained a band of devoted followers online. He claimed in court that he had destroyed the hard drive containing Satoshi's private key, so he could not access it. He described it as an impulsive decision partly related to his autism.
Mr. Eyre supported his partner and launched Bitcoin Satoshi Vision with Dr. Wright in 2018. Vision trades for around $70 per coin, a fraction of the price of Bitcoin. Dr. Wright oversaw the development from his office at nChain, which Mr. Eyre funded as a means of converting his partners' cryptocurrency ideas into a patent portfolio.
At nChain, Dr. Wright was a cranky boss prone to yelling, four people who worked with him said. He liked to flaunt his wealth, bragging that he had more money than the entire country of Rwanda. nChain employees attended lavish parties in London; at one memorable event organized by Mr. Ayer, guests ate sushi taken from a nude female corpse while performers dressed as samurai lingered nearby, two of the people said.
Despite being rejected by much of the crypto industry, Dr. Wright asserted his claim against Satoshidam in court and pursued the case, accusing Mr. Eyre of helping provide funding. By 2022, his defamation battle had reached Norway, where little-known Bitcoin enthusiast Magnus Granas, who had accused him of fraud on social media, won a judgment against him. That same year, Dr. Wright also sued Bitcoin's developers, alleging copyright infringement.
Steve Lee, a manager at Block, a company Dorsey co-founded after Twitter, said, “He appears to have enough money and support to financially ruin people by filing expensive lawsuits.'' I can follow through on my threat to do so.” In a court filing last year.