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Dr. Craig Wright awarded USA Copyright for Bitcoin White Paper
The USA Copyright office has awarded Dr. Craig Steven Wright the copyright for the original Bitcoin whitepaper, which Dr. Wright originally published online in 2008 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
The copyright was awarded after the Copyright office was presented with the concrete proof that Dr. Wright was indeed the author of the seminal paper which started the Bitcoin revolution.
In addition to the original Bitcoin whitepaper, the USA Copyright office awarded Dr. Wright the copyright for most of the original Bitcoin code (version 0.1).
The copyrights can be found here.
U.S. copyright registration no. TXu 2-136-996, effective date April 11, 2019, for the paper entitled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, with year of completion 2008. The registration recognizes the author as Craig Steven Wright, using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
U.S. copyright registration no. TX-8-708-058, effective date April 13, 2019, for computer program entitled Bitcoin, with year of completion 2009 and date of first publication January 3, 2009. The registration recognizes the author as Craig Steven Wright, using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Wright wrote most of version 0.1 of the Bitcoin client software, and the registration covers the portions he authored.
Wright originally come out as the creator of Bitcoin in 2016, and provided proof to several people, including Gavin Anderson former lead developer of the Bitcoin project. However, the Bitcoin Core (BTC) group, who had commandeered the Bitcoin project, led a successful smear campaign against Dr. Wright.
The group had twisted the original vision of Bitcoin by stifling scaling attempts and creating secondary settlement networks, like the Lighting Network, which take transactions off chain and away from what Bitcoin was meant to be.
It was this bastardization, twisting and crippling of Bitcoin that turned it into what BTC is today. This pushed Wright to lift the Satoshi Nakamoto veil for good.
Dr. Wright explains, “When I wrote the bitcoin Whitepaper, I uploaded it on the bitcoin.org domain so that people would start understanding bitcoin. I've come to understand that few people if any of taken the time to understand what is written in this paper so I have formally published it and registered it with the copyright registry so that I can start teaching people the true meaning of what bitcoin is about and stop people twisting the narrative.”
That twisted narrative lead to criminals, like drug dealers and money launders, to become the face of Bitcoin. The accountability and traceability that the Bitcoin blockchain provides was left on the back burner, and it was marketed to the worst elements of society. Wright could not stand for that.
“The last thing that I said to Gavin Anderson in 2011 when I handed him the control of the code was that "I wish you wouldn't keep talking about me as a mysterious shadowy figure, the press just turns that into a pirate currency angle,” Dr. Wright recalls. “Maybe instead make it about the open source project and give more credit to your dev contributors; it helps motivate them.”
Now that Wright has reclaimed ownership of the Bitcoin whitepaper, he’s hoping his creation can regain the original mission it was meant to have. “Bitcoin was designed to be honest and not another criminal coin,” he said. “It's time for people to learn that and see that I'm (as Satoshi) not just some shady figure because I didn't want publicity”
Dr. Wright will be attending the upcoming CoinGeek Toronto scaling conference, and will feature prominently in a Fireside chat with Bitcoin Association Founding President Jimmy Nguyen. The conversation is bound to have plenty of revelations about the early history of Bitcoin, so it will be well worth attending.
CSW
May 21, 2019
https://metanet-icu.slack.com/archives/C5131HKFX/p1558442287287300?thread_ts=1558439074.220400&cid=C5131HKFX
Dr. Craig Wright awarded USA Copyright for Bitcoin White Paper
The USA Copyright office has awarded Dr. Craig Steven Wright the copyright for the original Bitcoin whitepaper, which Dr. Wright originally published online in 2008 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
The copyright was awarded after the Copyright office was presented with the concrete proof that Dr. Wright was indeed the author of the seminal paper which started the Bitcoin revolution.
In addition to the original Bitcoin whitepaper, the USA Copyright office awarded Dr. Wright the copyright for most of the original Bitcoin code (version 0.1).
The copyrights can be found here.
U.S. copyright registration no. TXu 2-136-996, effective date April 11, 2019, for the paper entitled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, with year of completion 2008. The registration recognizes the author as Craig Steven Wright, using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
U.S. copyright registration no. TX-8-708-058, effective date April 13, 2019, for computer program entitled Bitcoin, with year of completion 2009 and date of first publication January 3, 2009. The registration recognizes the author as Craig Steven Wright, using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Wright wrote most of version 0.1 of the Bitcoin client software, and the registration covers the portions he authored.
Wright originally come out as the creator of Bitcoin in 2016, and provided proof to several people, including Gavin Anderson former lead developer of the Bitcoin project. However, the Bitcoin Core (BTC) group, who had commandeered the Bitcoin project, led a successful smear campaign against Dr. Wright.
The group had twisted the original vision of Bitcoin by stifling scaling attempts and creating secondary settlement networks, like the Lighting Network, which take transactions off chain and away from what Bitcoin was meant to be.
It was this bastardization, twisting and crippling of Bitcoin that turned it into what BTC is today. This pushed Wright to lift the Satoshi Nakamoto veil for good.
Dr. Wright explains, “When I wrote the bitcoin Whitepaper, I uploaded it on the bitcoin.org domain so that people would start understanding bitcoin. I've come to understand that few people if any of taken the time to understand what is written in this paper so I have formally published it and registered it with the copyright registry so that I can start teaching people the true meaning of what bitcoin is about and stop people twisting the narrative.”
That twisted narrative lead to criminals, like drug dealers and money launders, to become the face of Bitcoin. The accountability and traceability that the Bitcoin blockchain provides was left on the back burner, and it was marketed to the worst elements of society. Wright could not stand for that.
“The last thing that I said to Gavin Anderson in 2011 when I handed him the control of the code was that "I wish you wouldn't keep talking about me as a mysterious shadowy figure, the press just turns that into a pirate currency angle,” Dr. Wright recalls. “Maybe instead make it about the open source project and give more credit to your dev contributors; it helps motivate them.”
Now that Wright has reclaimed ownership of the Bitcoin whitepaper, he’s hoping his creation can regain the original mission it was meant to have. “Bitcoin was designed to be honest and not another criminal coin,” he said. “It's time for people to learn that and see that I'm (as Satoshi) not just some shady figure because I didn't want publicity”
Dr. Wright will be attending the upcoming CoinGeek Toronto scaling conference, and will feature prominently in a Fireside chat with Bitcoin Association Founding President Jimmy Nguyen. The conversation is bound to have plenty of revelations about the early history of Bitcoin, so it will be well worth attending.
CSW
May 21, 2019
https://metanet-icu.slack.com/archives/C5131HKFX/p1558442287287300?thread_ts=1558439074.220400&cid=C5131HKFX
The argument that is purported by those who constantly say government has no role is flawed.
Stating that a patent or any other property is a government granted monopoly is not an argument.
All property rights, including real property are at present a government granted monopoly. If you believe in property rights, in any way, you cannot use the argument about government granted monopolies. To do so is to support the argument that all property should be abolished. This is the attack that has moved from the typical Marxist open attack on property to the more insidious so-called anarcho capitalist one.
Saying, property rights are a government monopoly is not an argument about whether they are right or wrong. The issue is very simple, is property a right.
If you believe property is a right, then the fact that it is granted by government or not is irrelevant. That is an enforcement mechanism. It is not how property came about. It's like the last line of the bitcoin White Paper. Creation of rules and enforcement to separate things. Governments may enforce property rights but they are not the creator of them.
So please, when you see something saying it's a government granted monopoly, start with so what?
Honestly, the question is not one of where the rights came from but whether rights exist. So very simply, do not fall for the logical fallacy of a non sequitur. These people are putting you off supporting property rights by saying there's a government involved and all governments are bad. That is a separate argument. Leave the red herrings at home.
CSW
Oct 18, 2019
https://metanet-icu.slack.com/archives/C5131HKFX/p1571395144446800?thread_ts=1571395144.446800&cid=C5131HKFX
Stating that a patent or any other property is a government granted monopoly is not an argument.
All property rights, including real property are at present a government granted monopoly. If you believe in property rights, in any way, you cannot use the argument about government granted monopolies. To do so is to support the argument that all property should be abolished. This is the attack that has moved from the typical Marxist open attack on property to the more insidious so-called anarcho capitalist one.
Saying, property rights are a government monopoly is not an argument about whether they are right or wrong. The issue is very simple, is property a right.
If you believe property is a right, then the fact that it is granted by government or not is irrelevant. That is an enforcement mechanism. It is not how property came about. It's like the last line of the bitcoin White Paper. Creation of rules and enforcement to separate things. Governments may enforce property rights but they are not the creator of them.
So please, when you see something saying it's a government granted monopoly, start with so what?
Honestly, the question is not one of where the rights came from but whether rights exist. So very simply, do not fall for the logical fallacy of a non sequitur. These people are putting you off supporting property rights by saying there's a government involved and all governments are bad. That is a separate argument. Leave the red herrings at home.
CSW
Oct 18, 2019
https://metanet-icu.slack.com/archives/C5131HKFX/p1571395144446800?thread_ts=1571395144.446800&cid=C5131HKFX