Bitcoin Hits Record Price: Who Is Craig Wright, The Alleged Creator Of The Cryptocurrency

Craig wright is an Australian businessman and scientist who, in 2015, recognized that This is Satoshi Nakamoto, the alias of the creator of the digital currency bitcoin. The veracity of his statement has been the subject of much debate, but those close to the play’s founding group confirmed that he was one of the main ideologues.

The name of Nakamoto became the nickname of the person behind the founding of Bitcoin, because was used to send 10 bitcoins to Hal Finney in January 2009, which meant the first virtual currency transaction. Finney is an influential cryptographer, recognized as one of the engineers who helped turn Wright’s ideas into a bitcoin protocol, and he himself recognized Craig as the creator.

Another of the people who confirmed her revelation was Gavin Andresen, Chief Scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation, who posted a blog endorsing the claim.

Craig Wright was born in October 1970, in the city of Brisbane, Australia. He graduated from high school in 1987, at Padua College in Brisbane. In 2003, during his studies, he assumed at the Charles Sturt University as an academic and adjunct researcher.

He received in 2006 from the career of “Information and communication technology” and, in 2009, “Information systems security”. At the same time, from 2005 to 2008, got the degree of “International trade law” at the University of Northumbria and also obtained a degree in ‘statistics’ from the University of Newcastle in 2009.

With these diplomas began its history in technology, and went through several companies such as OzEmail, K-Mart and the Australian Stock Exchange. He also worked as a security consultant for Mahindra and Mahindra and was responsible for information systems for the accounting firm BDO Kendalls.

While studying and doing experience in different companies, he had a controversial encounter with justice. This was in 2004. Wright was charged with violating a court order which prevented you from approaching DeMorgan Information Security Systems customers, from which he resigned in 2003. After proving his guilt, the Supreme Court of New South Wales he pronounced his sentence and was sentenced to 28 days in prison.

However, the opinion he was suspended on the condition that he performed 250 hours of community service. After appealing the decision, it was upheld in 2005 and reconfirmed in another appeal to the High Court of Australia in 2006. Years later, he himself clarified the facts and explained that in his work, he was responsible for “monitoring and examining those clients presenting parallel and unfair business proposals ”.

Once the controversy was in the past, he assumed that CEO of the technology company Hotwire Preventive Intelligence Group (Hotwire PE), I aimed to launch Denariuz Bank, the world’s first Bitcoin bank. However, before mistrust of operation of the new system and its recent episode with the justice system, the company encountered regulatory difficulties Australian tax office and did not see the light.

The term bitcoin was born in 2009 when the coin’s first transaction was made and its creators decided to use Pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto. In a document published by the Bank of Spain, its objective was underlined: “This currency was born with great ambitions: provide citizens with a means of payment enabling rapid transfers of value, at low cost and which, moreover, cannot be controlled or manipulated by governments, central banks or financial entities ”.

Beyond the idea pursued, the controversy around its creator continues. In 2015, years after its creation and with the ferocious growth of bitcoin in the market, teams of Wired Yes Gizmodo they declared that Craig Wright would be the identity behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

However, his attempts to proclaim himself Bitcoin founder have not been well received by the community and today many still deny their role. This caused the division of the waters. Projects like Unlimited Bitcoin and Bitcoin XT were a reflection of this separation, which ultimately ended with the creation of Bitcoin Cash (BCH).

At once, Craig Wright was launched alongside Bitcoin Cash and it started to grow without stopping until the day of on Tuesday, it exceeded US $ 50,000 for the first time.

Beyond the reluctance of a large sector which rejects his figure as the creator of Bitcoin, this company was victorious with its slogan: “Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto and Satoshi Nakamoto uses Bitcoin Cash, the real Bitcoin”.

With him, many influential people in the industry, including specialists who worked on the foundation of virtual currency, They continue to claim that Craig Wright is its creator.

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