In 2011, Room 77 was the first bar in the world to start accepting bitcoin payments. In the years after, it became the best clubhouse the community ever had.
Unfortunately, the bar closed in 2020, but I'm leaving one Genesis Book here for a lucky finder
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I'm not in London anymore, but I do have access to the stream and will tune in from time to time.
So far tiday, Craig Wright was being his ranting self, lashing out at "BTC Core" and high fees and how the legal system was supposed to stop double spends.
#COPAvWright
Ok, for all you fashionistas out there, I did snap one quick photo of Craig with my potatoe from across the street as he paced out of the court house at the end of day 1.
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Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take photos, but I did make a courtroom sketch.
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Last hour was more of the same. CSW denies he forged docs, said he'd have done a better job if he did. Called into question expertise/objectivity of digital forensics experts (including his own). Etc. etc.
This was my last day at the #COPAvWright trial for now; heading home.
In block 3 of #COPAvWright (day 2), COPA asked Wright about documents that appeared to have been backdated.
Wright in response called into question the expertise and/or objectivity of the digital forensics expert that made these assessments.
One more block of CSW hearings today...
In block 2 of #COPAvWright (day 2), COPA asked CSW about BlackNet, an anonymous marketplace for information, originally proposed by Tim May.
CSW worked on his own version, says he realized it did not have to be anonymous, but pseudonymous and traceable.
May's BlackNet was itself an anonymous version of Phil Salin's AMIX, however, so I'm not sure what the new insight would have been. Was CSW's version of BlackNet just AMIX again? I don't have the answer.
(I also wrote about AMIX and BlackNet in The Genesis Book.)
Wright's defense did make one good point just before lunch break. The atmosphere in the court room is intolerable: a lack of fresh air makes it hot and stuffy inside.
First break.
Craig Wright claimed he's never forged a document to support his claim that he is Satoshi Nakamoto.
Says signs of forgery actually suggest he _didn't_ forge it. "If I forged the document, it would be perfect." Probably sets the tone for coming weeks.
#COPAvWright
In my inbox this morning.
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Yes, we see evidence on screen.
Sadly, the judge did not wear a wig.
#COPAvWright
Day 1 is over. The 4th and last block was all about documents that CSW admitted only very recently, and whether they should be admitted in court as evidence as it would cause delays. COPA described it as "pulling rabbits from hats", or rather "garbage from bins".
#COPAvWright
Another break. Wright's lawyer has been presenting his case. He claimed Wright's vision and credentials match that of Satoshi, while several eye witnesses (Matonis and Andresen) also believe that. He also argued that it's plausible CSW would have destroyed evidence; was suicidal.
(Eye witnesses of a cryptographic signing process I mean, ofc.)
Well I'm in the spillover room, where the video link just failed.
Mostly more of the same since the first brake though. COPA showed that CSW has been presenting fake evidence, anachronisms etc. over the past years.
#COPAvWright