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Bitcoin and MtGox related research by @nikuhodai.

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As the initial MtGox bitcoin repayments have finally begun, first of all a big thank you to the dedicated creditor community which has steadfastly navigated and helped each other through this unprecedented situation for over a decade.

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@BitMEXResearch Was that really SSRN taking action though? The updated PDF is still not the original whitepaper, but rather one based on CSW's previous forgery. Looks more like he simply uploaded a new fake that just removes his name.

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@Coinulaire It was also clearly not the only non-existent case citation in Wright's application, so this wasn't some one-off thing. Do you suppose a judge makes these kinds of statements lightly?

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Craig Wright was just denied permission to appeal the UK court decision declaring him not to be Satoshi Nakamoto. He thus remains the only human with that distinction; legally speaking, we are all (potentially) Satoshi, except Craig Wright.

https://t.co/yOmiNj1Zua

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@Coinulaire That's "Anderson v Her Majesty's Attorney General for the Isle of Man [2021] UKPC 20". Wright's "[2013] UKPC 2" was an entirely different case. It's not a typo of the year, number *and* parties, it's just a random mashup of adjacent data, i.e. exactly how AI hallucinations work.

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COPA vs CSW – 01 Nov 2024

We are back at the Rolls Building in London, for another hearing with Justice Mellor. In the courtroom is the Bird & Bird legal team, along with their KC Mr Jonathan Hough. The session is expected to start in 3 minutes. We believe the hearing is about a contempt of court application from Bird & Bird against CSW, in relation to possible breaches of the injunction which resulted from the main trial.

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@Tak_Horigoshi @hascendp6 Well, he didn't say *that* was his official Twitter account? Also, it's not called Twitter anymore so by definition it can't be his Twitter account.

Checkmate coretards.

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@Tak_Horigoshi @Twentynothing00 Maybe it's short for "reviled"?

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@DrFunkenstein6 @Tak_Horigoshi Like Nigerian scam emails, the messaging being awful and easily debunkable actually helps select for the most gullible people.

Doubt he's clever enough to do it intentionally, but survival of the fittest itself selects for this behavior among scammers.

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@Tak_Horigoshi He'll just say he recognized their authenticity as inauthentic.

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@Twentynothing00 @Arthur_van_Pelt @gavinandresen And yet instead of listening to the signs that Craig was a fraud, Gavin was primarily focused on helping Craig improve his messaging so he wouldn't look like a fraud to others. Well and truly captured by the con long before the "key signing".

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@CSWr18714397 That's not what CPR PD 5A paragraph 5.1 says. Are you getting your legal advice from ChatGPT?

https://t.co/E3tXKu7tvP

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If you have questions like "why didn't I get 21% of my BTC?", then read my explainer on the payouts and the unit of account that payout rates refer to.

Long story short: it's complicated, and the actual payout number you presumably care about is 15-16%.

https://t.co/GiZmaqrLlZ

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As the initial MtGox bitcoin repayments have finally begun, first of all a big thank you to the dedicated creditor community which has steadfastly navigated and helped each other through this unprecedented situation for over a decade.

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There's no need to dox yourself with revealing questions as long as your repayments are roughly in those ranges; you're fine and everything is going according to plan, don't worry.

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@Arthur_van_Pelt It's clearly the threat of digging into the funding that motivates Calvin to keep paying, so unsurprisingly Mellor keeps it hanging over their head like the sword of Damocles. Well done.