TD₿: The Lightning Torch's Bitcoin Payment is Running a Worldwide Marathon by Colin Harper & How Many Wrongs Make a Wright? by Jameson Lopp
TL;DR Hodlonaut is a Bitcoin legend who has helped reveal to the world who Faketoshi really is.
Hey Bitcoiners,
Yesterday, news came that Bitcoiner hodlonaut won a lawsuit in Norway against the man who has falsely claimed he is Satoshi Nakamoto for years.
If you are not familiar with the story, hodlonaut is a Bitcoiner who called out Craig Wright in March 2019 in a series of tweets in which he called Wright a “fraud” and a “scammer” for lying and pretending that he is the inventor of Bitcoin.
The scammer Craig Wright then sued this Bitcoiner for defamation in an attempt to use his wealth and resources to intimidate hodlonaut into silence. Wright famously wrote a threat to hodlonaut back then…“welcome to law.”
Here was hodlonaut’s tweet when he announced he had won the lawsuit. Perfection. 🤌
It is very obvious to anyone who understands how Bitcoin works and Bitcoin’s history why Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto. It takes a troubled individual of low integrity to claim this and then sue anyone who calls you out for this falsehood.
Wright even sued the anonymous operator and publisher of the website bitcoin.org for copyright infringement in the U.K. over its display of the Bitcoin white paper!
This led to a coordinated response from the entire Bitcoin industry as many organizations and companies posted the Bitcoin white paper to their websites in protest of the lawsuit.
Hodlonaut represented all Bitcoiners and all of Bitcoin in this lawsuit. He became a legend in 2019 when he started the famous Lightning Torch, which helped bootstrap the Lightning Network when it was just in its infancy.
If you aren’t familiar with the story of the Lightning Torch, I suggest reading this piece from Colin Harper to understand that moment in Bitcoin’s history. (02/05/2019)
Furthermore, if you want to deeply understand why Craig Wright is a sad liar when it comes to his claims about being Satoshi Nakamoto, then read this in-depth exposé written by Jameson Lopp. (04/18/2018)
This will be the only time I ever mention the name Craig Wright in this newsletter. He is a bad actor who doesn’t deserve any more publicity or attention. He has been a major distraction in Bitcoin for far too long.
Major congratulations are in order for hodlonaut. The next step is for him to win a similar pending defamation case in the U.K. But today, we celebrate his victory. 🥳
Tick tock next block,
Cory Klippsten
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