Bitcoin Whitepaper is Back on Site; Is Satoshi’s Identity Exposed?  

• 1 Bitcoin Whitepaper discontinued by London’s high court is back on the Website.  
• 2 After Craig Wright failed to prove that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the court permitted the re-upload. 
• 3 The Whitepaper is available on different operating systems with enough bandwidth and storage for the blockchain size (7GB). 

On May 25, the Bitcoin whitepaper, the original thesis paper on the basic structure of the Bitcoin (BTC) network, was reuploaded for UK users. In June 2021, the London High Court ordered Cobra, the pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin.org website, to remove the whitepaper hosting for UK users.      

Bitcoin Whitepaper Re-Uploaded

On May 24, the maintainer of Bitcoin.org, Hennadii Stepanov, shared a Bitcoin whitepaper PDF link on X. 

Stepanov’s action came out after London’s High Court permitted the re-uploading of the Bitcoin Whitepaper on the official site. On May 20, England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) announced the decision on the Dr Craig Steven Wright (‘Dr Wright’) case.    

Why Did London’s High Court Discontinued Bitcoin Whitepaper’s Hosting

Dr Craig Wright claims to be the inventor of BTC, the anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. However, several investigations and proceedings cleared that Wright is not the real Satoshi Nakamoto.  

It all started in June 2021 when Wright successfully sued Cobra over copyright infringement. At that time, Cobra refused to attend the hearing, which resulted in Wright’s default win. On the Court’s instructions, Cobra paid £35,000 ($40,100) of Wright’s legal fees.

In March 2024, the court revealed that Wright was not the real owner of the BTC as he was not the author of the Bitcoin White paper. He didn’t hold any operations or adoptions between 2008 and 2011. 

Moreover, Wright did not create the BTC system, and he didn’t have any initial version of the BTC software. All these points indicate that Wright is not the real Nakamoto.

On these bases, the England and Wales High Court showed a green flag for the Bitcoin Whitepaper re-upload on the website, especially for UK users.     

Operating System Supporting the Bitcoin Whitepaper & BTC Price

The Bitcoin Whitepaper is available on eight different operating systems, including Windows, macOS (x86_64), and macOS (arm64). Moreover, individuals can download the paper from Linux (tgz), ARM Linux, Linux (Snap Store), RISC-V Linux, and PPC64 Linux.  

Furthermore, the court’s decision generated waves in BTC price. In the past 7 days, BTC recorded a spike of 3.12%, hitting $69,204.42 at the time of writing. 

BTC Price I Source: CoinMarketCap

On 19 May, BTC was trading at $66,901.18 and hit $71,785.11 after the court’s final decision. However, the big cheese suddenly dropped on May 24, dropping BTC price to $66,730.93. 

At the press time, BTC documented a market cap of $1,361,583,141,171 and $23,332,080,866 in 24-hour volume.   

Adarsh ​​Singh

Adarsh Singh is a true connoisseur of Defi and Blockchain technologies, who left his job at a “Big 4” multinational finance firm to pursue crypto and NFT trading full-time. He has a strong background in finance, with MBA from a prestigious B-school. He delves deep into these innovative fields, unraveling their intricacies. Uncovering hidden gems, be it coins, tokens or NFTs, is his expertise. NFTs drive deep interest for him, and his creative analysis of NFTs opens up engaging narratives. He strives to bring decentralized digital assets accessible to the masses.