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It was a suspended sentence.

What is suspended sentence ?


Now this news will alarm other fraud people who had been trying to prove that they are fake Satoshi. This identity of Satoshi can be misused in multiple ways so it is important that some fraud person is not established as Satoshi. I think the bitcointalk community will be also having good role in exposing this fraud Satoshi.
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Ahh what a beautiful thing.  I've actually spoken with him a few times over Twitter and he was always an arrogant prick who was constantly making shit up and things that are pretty easy to understand he's making up.  Kind of mind boggling really. 

I am shocked to hear that even on his way in to jail he's still trying to sue people, which I guess this guy is just never going to give up when it comes to fighting this fake battle.  Fake it until you make it , I guess..
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Media is there to create fuzz for us to listen and discuss.
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It wouldn't change, and it's great when we are acknowledging the fact that we already know what would probably happen next. Or that we don't need to give our attention to such a matter.
For some people who already know bitcoin well, it does not have any effect and it will even be a joke that might be entertaining, but for some other ordinary people, they might give a different assessment because they think what is the benefit of him doing all this and being willing to be punished just because he wants to say that he is the creator of bitcoin. The influence of the media can sometimes have an effect on the general public who do not have the ability to recognize the truth.

Even though it did not have any effect on bitcoin after he made a noisy statement, it was a joke that was quite entertaining for me. So forget about it and keep focusing on collecting it so that we don't miss the best moment when bitcoin reaches its next ATH.
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Craig Wright is one of our many entertainments during the emergence of bitcoin. So he will continue to claim himself Satoshi with all the nonsense, it can be said that Craig Wright has lost his shame. Not only once did he make demands on developers, but the results always returned to the point where he was nobody. Oddly enough, the media continues to raise his name and that will only make Craig Wright seem to be recognized.
There are many other ridiculous things that might be revealed and he will never stop making these claims to convince anyone. But this does not need to be thought about because he is full of entertainment and the question should be why the media always raises the issue. Is this correlation deliberately created to create a commotion or does he dare to pay the media to continue writing his ridiculous story. He made a statement as one of the people involved in the creation of bitcoin and he even started to dare to say he was Satoshi Nakamoto.

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Media is there to create fuzz for us to listen and discuss.
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It wouldn't change, and it's great when we are acknowledging the fact that we already know what would probably happen next. Or that we don't need to give our attention to such a matter.
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Craig Wright is one of our many entertainments during the emergence of bitcoin. So he will continue to claim himself Satoshi with all the nonsense, it can be said that Craig Wright has lost his shame. Not only once did he make demands on developers, but the results always returned to the point where he was nobody. Oddly enough, the media continues to raise his name and that will only make Craig Wright seem to be recognized.
There are many other ridiculous things that might be revealed and he will never stop making these claims to convince anyone. But this does not need to be thought about because he is full of entertainment and the question should be why the media always raises the issue. Is this correlation deliberately created to create a commotion or does he dare to pay the media to continue writing his ridiculous story. He made a statement as one of the people involved in the creation of bitcoin and he even started to dare to say he was Satoshi Nakamoto.

In fact, if he really is Satoshi Nakamoto, then I am sure he will not reveal his identity because it will make the level of security in his life more dangerous. That is what underlies me to consider him making jokes that are unreasonable and have no correlation with the creator of bitcoin.
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I think he got what he deserved for being a hypocrite and claiming who he was not.He has made claims that he was part of the team of professionals involved in the creation of the now well known decentralized digital currency,"BITCOIN".
Earlier this year, Wright lost a high-profile lawsuit against the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a nonprofit representing cryptocurrency firms.And  recently he faces one-year prison sentence that was suspended for two years and was ordered  to pay 145,000 British pounds in costs. That means he won't face prison unless he violates the court order again during that time.

The one with 145k is already mentioned in the OP, but I digress - he got what he deserved.
I think some people just don't change and stay the way they are. Fishy and non-sincere.
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I think he got what he deserved for being a hypocrite and claiming who he was not.He has made claims that he was part of the team of professionals involved in the creation of the now well known decentralized digital currency,"BITCOIN".
Earlier this year, Wright lost a high-profile lawsuit against the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a nonprofit representing cryptocurrency firms.And  recently he faces one-year prison sentence that was suspended for two years and was ordered  to pay 145,000 British pounds in costs. That means he won't face prison unless he violates the court order again during that time.
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Craig Wright is one of our many entertainments during the emergence of bitcoin. So he will continue to claim himself Satoshi with all the nonsense, it can be said that Craig Wright has lost his shame. Not only once did he make demands on developers, but the results always returned to the point where he was nobody. Oddly enough, the media continues to raise his name and that will only make Craig Wright seem to be recognized.

A person can be recognized as a genius or a fool by the community / populace. Generally, this stigma is stuck to him / her and stays with him till his end.
I do think we agree on which side of the spectrum Craig is.
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Craig Wright is one of our many entertainments during the emergence of bitcoin. So he will continue to claim himself Satoshi with all the nonsense, it can be said that Craig Wright has lost his shame. Not only once did he make demands on developers, but the results always returned to the point where he was nobody. Oddly enough, the media continues to raise his name and that will only make Craig Wright seem to be recognized.
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About time that he's put in a place that is well deserved for people like him, let him cool off in jail, we'll see if a correctional facility will correct his character. He's lucky to get only a six month sentence, I think that he deserves to stay longer than that in jail as a deterant to others that will want to follow his footstep in the future. Satoshi, has created Bitcoin and decided to stay anonymous for a good reason, so that there'll be no claim to ownership of Bitcoin by any individual, group or country, so that it'll be truly decentralized. I won't be surprised if he comes out and starts all over again, if he does, I hope that he'll keep going back to jail until he learns to stop

Personality like Craig Wright might not easily changed especially that his goal has not been achieved yet. Most likely, after getting out from jail, he will try to loose a little but will still find ways on how to make things favor on him. Unfortunately, no matter what he’ll do, or no matter what kind of drama he will bring to the public, people won’t believe him anymore. But even though he failed on his attempt, but surely he gained the attention that he wanted to achieve from the people around.
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Finally, Craig Weight gets what he deserves. In fact, getting him in jail might not be enough, he should also be given counselling so that he will realize all his wrong doings in the past. I just hope that after his imprisonment, he will stop pretending being Satoshi because obviously the people are already so sick about that.

That's how he makes bread - with the fuzz around his persona.
But I do think the punishment would stop him from doing so in the future, albeit, if the case would conclude in such a way.
Being a suspended case - don't think that's the end of his legend  Grin
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I guess this 6 months sentenced will teach other people lesson not to claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, because there are many people that came out to be Satoshi Nakamoto some years ago, but they failed to bring out the evidence that makes them to be the founder of BTC in the court for the world to know that they have find the BTC creator. With this sentence, it will put smile in the face of BTC developers, because it has been a big distraction to them for a stranger to claim to be founder of BTC, which the developers know that he is not the one because the real Satoshi Nakamoto have all the evidence to prove to be the BTC creator.

Even some judges know that, the real Satoshi Nakamoto will never come out publicly to claim that he or them is the BTC creator because he or them know what will follow in the court room because many governments are not happy the way the BTC is spreading to make people to value BTC more than their fiat money.
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Finally, Craig Weight gets what he deserves. In fact, getting him in jail might not be enough, he should also be given counselling so that he will realize all his wrong doings in the past. I just hope that after his imprisonment, he will stop pretending being Satoshi because obviously the people are already so sick about that.
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Man who falsely claimed to be bitcoin creator sentenced for continuing to sue developers

You all know who I am talking about. He is the most well known Faketoshi. I do not know what happened to Craig Wright for continuing suing bitcoin developers in the cases he has lost all the time. The court has said he is not Satoshi Nakamoto but he still continues to sue bitcoin developers. He has now been sentenced to 12 moths in prison.


On Thursday Wright was sentenced for five counts of contempt of court. Sentencing him to 12 months in jail, suspended for two years and to pay £145,000 in costs within a fortnight, the court also struck out his enormous claim.

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It was a suspended sentence.

This is a big clap back to his self that no one believes on everything he says. Hopefully he realize that when he is suspended to do any further more crazy actions regarding on his fake claims. Right now he became a big mockery in cryptocurrency scene so hopefully this is the end of his craziness and we see him stop claiming that he is the real Satossi Nakamoto.

What government do also leaves certain warnings to other people who planned to create a false claim that they are Satoshi Nakamoto to think about it since if they cannot provide any solid proof that can verify everything what they want to say then provably that they may also experience what that famous Faketoshi get.
I am still trying to understand what he really meant by he's the one responsible for developing Bitcoin. If he's the one responsible for Bitcoin development, then why did he hide his face at the face stage when people are trying to guess who Satoshi really was? This man is a clown and many they need to give him a really sentence where he is going to relax and focus on his self. Also the media need to ask him where he kept the one million Bitcoin that was in his wallet. When you see someone trying to claim that they are another person, they are always very harsh with other people's opinions, wanting to attack if they have the power.
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He is just a fucking scammer. Grin

Either way I am glad he ain’t succeeding at whatever he has been doing.

Roger gives similar vibes too btw. Not as crazy though

It's like a bad joke every year, lol. multiple clowns emerge claiming to be the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto. What's the motive behind this madness? Is it the fleeting fame, the social media high-fives, or just a desperate cry for attention?

Newsflash being a fake Satoshi won't get them any respect. In fact, it's a surefire way to earn a spot in the cryptocurrency hall of shame. A court sentence would be a fitting punishment for these impostors, serving as a deterrent to those who think they can pull off this stunt.

Imagine the real Satoshi sipping coffee watching the chaos unfoldand thinking, "These guys have no idea what they're getting themselves into." If Satoshi were around, Bitcoin would likely be shackled by government red tape stifling its growth and innovation.

So, to all the Faketoshis out there, listen up, stop clowning around and let the real visionaries shape the future of cryptocurrency. And to the real Satoshi, if you're out there, keep on smiling, your anonymity is still the best joke of all..lol
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I am assuming that this criminal has sponsors who are financing these lawsuits. Maybe they think he would win these cases so that they can benefit from the royalties or gains that might accrue from the Bitcoin whitepaper and other intellectual property. He has just been given a warning by the court, if he tries to come up with such baseless claim, he might end up in jail.

He had a sponsor. The sponsor dumped him when he lost the Satoshi identity lawsuit in May, 2024

He had a history

Broke a non-compete clause, tried to steal his previous business partner's clients. Went into serious debt for the lawsuit costs
Made false Research & Development tax rebate claims as a way to make quick money to cover the lawsuit debt
The tax fraud was discovered by the Australian Tax Office
Attempted to retrospectively invent a R&D project - Bitcoin mining supercomputer, business partner in the USA
Successfully started a rumor that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, to embellish the fake R&D story
Fled to England to escape the tax scrutiny
Exercised his contact network. One of his contacts knows a guy who knows a billionaire looking for an investment opportunity
Between them, the billionaire and his two cronies created a deal - the billionaire paid the Australian tax debt in return for an opportunity to monetize Craig Wright's claim to be Satoshi
Wright assigned all his intellectual property in Bitcoin, and took a senior management role in the development of "Bitcoin" as a business opportunity for the billionaire
Wright forked BCH into BSV, claimed BSV is the real Bitcoin, and claimed BTC is corrupted
Wright launched lawsuits claiming some innovative new forms of copyright, and demanded that BTC should be shut down
All those lawsuits have now been struck out

The billionaire cut him off
He attempted a new lawsuit. With no money to pay lawyers, he used ChatGPT as his legal research
The new lawsuit breaches the injunctions imposed when he lost the other lawsuits - not permitted to claim ownership of the Bitcoin system
Convicted of contempt of court for breaching the anti-suit injunctions, 1 year sentence, suspended for 2 years
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The conman won't give up, even when it is very obvious that he has not been successful with his agenda of spreading lies and deceiving his small followers. I wish he ends up in prison, many bitcoiners wish the same thing for the attack he has meted out to bitcoin developers or anyone who challenged his lies. It is a suspended sentence though and he will stay away from the U.K. for now, however, this is progress made.
I am assuming that this criminal has sponsors who are financing these lawsuits. Maybe they think he would win these cases so that they can benefit from the royalties or gains that might accrue from the Bitcoin whitepaper and other intellectual property. He has just been given a warning by the court, if he tries to come up with such baseless claim, he might end up in jail.
the thing is that if the law is against him I believe that definitely he will go to jail, its certain from my understanding, so in another way round, you have to know that if the judge's is compromise he will not be jail even when they know that he is guilty, but a process whereby the judgement is sincere and is not compromise justice can prevailed
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I see no reason for claiming to be satoshi nakamoto while he is not and he tried the best to make sure that the world believed he is satoshi but on the other hand he failed because his claim werent back up with some facts that he is satoshi or even signed messages from his bitcoin address or make some transactions from his wallet to prove he is Satoshi, then fine, he could have won the battle, but instead fighting a blind battle with no facts to show he is nakamoto.
BTW, 12 months is actually very pitiable to him otherwise, country like ours he could be sentence for 6-10 years imprisonment for allegedly claiming what he is not, anyway that place would serve him as a resting place to enable him use his right senses.

But the audacity of trying to impersonate  or be Satoshi Nakamoto is quite a headache.Meanwhile,why would anyone want to be so desperate and curious about the Satoshi personality,they said heavy is the head that wears a crown but the reverse is what's in this template completely.Everyone wants something good,but only few are willing to pay the price.
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The conman won't give up, even when it is very obvious that he has not been successful with his agenda of spreading lies and deceiving his small followers. I wish he ends up in prison, many bitcoiners wish the same thing for the attack he has meted out to bitcoin developers or anyone who challenged his lies. It is a suspended sentence though and he will stay away from the U.K. for now, however, this is progress made.
I am assuming that this criminal has sponsors who are financing these lawsuits. Maybe they think he would win these cases so that they can benefit from the royalties or gains that might accrue from the Bitcoin whitepaper and other intellectual property. He has just been given a warning by the court, if he tries to come up with such baseless claim, he might end up in jail.
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This guy needs to stop getting attention in the public. He didn't win anything, if I were him he should have focused on his shitcoin, Bitcoin SV. I guess that he'd do more meaningful things if he just simply focused there and stopped suing the developers and minding his own business.
not all meaningful things can get him attention none of what he is doing is productive but he certainly made himself known and popular even if it is for the wrong reasons many opportunities have closed in on him but i am sure that he also created ones for himself because of this the internet is funny and sometimes instead of just ignoring someone who is clearly looking for attention they will continue to give it to him and please what he wants so at the end he still comes out of this with a little something
He's made some fork and shitcoin and that made him productive in there. That's what I am saying that with the wrong doings that he keeps on doing, he should stop and get himself a life by doing something else that can be meaningful to him and his community. By the way, I don't know if he's really got a community but with the looks and volume of his fork, it seems that there is but all silent and are just waiting for it to boom. I don't think it'll happen but we'll see that project eventually die and he only has to realize those things then.
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