The Zurich MoneyMuseum has eliminated references implying Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, calling them outdated and aggravating for some readers.
The Swiss museum’s founder, former Dow Banking Company supervisor Jürg R. Conzett, wrote an essay (archived in 2021) on the journey of cash because the Center Ages and its impacts on wider society.
Nonetheless, Bitcoin proponent @bitnorbert posted on August 1, 2024, that the MoneyMuseum eliminated a physique of textual content implying Wright was Nakamoto earlier than eradicating an additional reference to Wright’s ebook, Satoshi’s Imaginative and prescient: The Artwork of Bitcoin, final weekend.
Chatting with Protos, Conzett stated the wording of the Satoshi Imaginative and prescient phase was eliminated “because it is outdated news and seemed to aggravate some readers, for whatever reason.” He careworn, “We never supported Craig Wright in any venture.”
Conzett initially wrote that 10 years after Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared, “Craig Wright came out to the public and explained why he chose a pseudonym at that time, why he disappeared and why he came back now,” earlier than referencing his ebook.
No one cares who Nakamoto is anymore
Conzett remarked that no person prior to now 5 years has been within the query “who is Satoshi?” He stated, “It is of no interest and I consider the issue as being dead,” including “It is not important for BTC, nor for BCH, and is a nuisance for bsv. And the rest of the community could not care less.”
This yr, the UK judicial system discovered Wright lied extensively and that he was demonstrably not Satoshi Nakamoto.
Wright has since didn’t enchantment his rulings, regardless of claiming he would, and has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service over attainable perjury fees.
Learn extra: UK courts nonetheless don’t know the place Craig Wright is
Clarifying his place, Conzett famous that he’s been a Bitcoin fan since 2015 and has personally invested within the Bitcoin ecosystem. He claimed to be a shareholder of the Swiss crypto change Bitcoin Suisse and believes that Bitcoin will assist maintain Central Financial institution Digital Currencies in examine.
He stated, “About five or six years ago, we invited Craig Wright to Zurich to give a speech at the MoneyMuseum. I found it interesting, without taking sides, of course.”
The MoneyMuseum held a two-year present on Bitcoin. He stated, “We educated visitors on the merits of blockchain. As an institution, we did more than many others to help foster interest in bitcoin at a crucial time.”
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