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The Bitcoin whitepaper has been reuploaded to the Bitcoin .org website following Craig Wright ’s failed attempt to prove in court that he’s the protocol’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto.   The website was ordered to take down the PDF in 2021 after Wright successfully sued Cøbra, the anonymous group running the site, over copyright infringement. However, Wright’s copyright victory no longer holds weight as his Satoshi claims, and therefore any claims he wrote the whitepaper, have been spectacularly proven wrong. Bitcoin.org maintainer Hennadii Stepanov announced the Bitcoin whitepaper’s return by sharing a link to the pdf on X (formerly Twitter). bitcoin.pdf is back on Bitcoin Core's domain https://t.co/rGnLOXrSvc — Norbert ️ (@bitnorbert) May 23, 2024 Read more: Explained: Why so many websites host Satoshi’s Bitcoin whitepaper When Wright sued Cøbra, the group was required to attend court hearings that would jeopardize its anonymity. ...

Fraudsters have reportedly been leaving fake crypto paper wallets in public places as part of a scam to dupe Australians out of their crypto. Australians have been warned to stay away from suspicious-looking fake Bitcoin (BTC) paper wallets, which work by luring victims into accessing a lucrative crypto wallet but will ultimately drain them of their own crypto holdings. According to a Nov. 22 post on the Facebook page of the NSW Police Force, the scam starts as a paper cryptocurrency wallet with a QR code, which is made to appear like a legitimate Bitcoin paper wallet. These are strewn by scammers in public locations such as streets or parks. An example of the scam crypto paper wallets. Source: NSW Police Force  An individual that locates the paper wallet and scans the QR code is directed to click on a link to access a crypto wallet with up to $16,000 Australian dollars ($10,000). The person is then asked to pay a withdrawal fee and provide their own wallet credentials that will ...