By CCN: It seems Craig Wright has launched a trend of people laying claim to the copyrights on the Bitcoin whitepaper and early code. While anyone can do it, the works belong to Satoshi Nakamoto – whoever he, she, or they may be. Other than potentially being one way to prove one’s self as Satoshi in a court of law, the copyrights don’t provide much power. How Far Will Craig Wright Go to ‘Prove’ He Created Bitcoin? Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are mainly open source. Open source implies that a software license already governs the modification and distribution of the
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