So, this attitude already shows that this guy cannot be Satoshi since S.Nakamato wouldn't do such a thing. His main purpose to make use of the technology laying beneath bitcoin free and easy to everyone, so that bitcoin can become people's money not financial behemoths , and trying to get almost all possible blockchain-related patents of course tears down the foundations of this idea. Even declaring his identity undermines bitcoin, and Satoshi never does that.
So, who the fuck is this guy, and what is he trying to do?
A guy called O'Hagan has written a book about him after spending some time with him. He says some business associates paid off Dr Wright 's debts to the Australian tax authorities after he tricked them into believing he's Satoshi.
In return they wanted the rights to his "inventions and patent application" and to sell them as the work of Satoshi Nakamoto. If that's true Dr Wright ripped them off worse than the Australian tax authorities.
O'Hagan doesn't prove who Satoshi is in his book, he only wants to make a fortune selling it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36575524But O'Hagan shows us something rather different - a man under intense pressure from business associates who stood to profit from him if he could be shown to be Nakamoto.
These people had signed a deal with Dr Wright in June last year, which saw them pay off his debts, including legal fees incurred in a battle with the Australian tax authorities.
Then, they had a plan for him.
"They would bring Wright to London and set up a research and development centre for him, with around 30 staff working under him," O'Hagan writes.
"They would complete the work on his inventions and patent applications - he appeared to have hundreds of them - and the whole lot would be sold as the work of Satoshi Nakamoto, who would be unmasked as part of the project."
He may have exaggerated his contribution, he may have constructed a very elaborate fantasy...
If you are expecting O'Hagan to reveal the truth behind Bitcoin's creation myth, you will be left disappointed.
Wow. That is interesting. Now it makes at least a little bit of sense. Filing all those patents in 2016 is very strange. I can't imagine Wright was involved 7 years ago and did not write some patents. But today he files dozens. Very strange. Now there is an explanation. Well, anyway the UK patents are completely stupid. They only protect the UK. US and China will ignore those ridiculous patents even if they are granted. Only UK businesses will be bothered by them. Very stupid patent strategy if you ask me.
So it didn't have anything to do with real patent coverage. But rather it was another trick by Craig Wright to rip off the guys who bailed him out from Oz tax authority. Very funny.