While Bitcoin has seen a stellar day, rallying by 8% to a high of $8,880 on the back of sudden new-year buying pressure, other crypto assets have excelled, shocking investors across the board.The most notable of these outperformers is the Satoshi Variant fork (BSV), the now-second largest cryptocurrency with the word “Bitcoin” in its name.…
Yesterday, it emerged that some unknown prankster has bought the domain “Loser.com” and had it automatically forward to Craig Wright’s Wikipedia page. Today, it turns out that someone has performed the exact same prank on the controversial Bitcoin SV proponent using a much more offensive domain. The trolling comes in response to Craig Wright’s efforts…
At the heights of last year’s so-called “hash war,” Bitcoin SV founder Craig Wright had threatened to crash rival cryptocurrency bitcoin to $1,000.The threat itself came from the claim that Mr. Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin – and that he holds billions of dollars worth of the benchmark cryptocurrency. Mr. Wright…
On Monday, it was determined by a Miami court that Craig Wright, the alleged creation of Bitcoin, would pay $100 million in damages to David Kleiman, Wright’s partner. The case had dragged on for about a year and finally came to an end with this judgment. This time, Wright did not appeal the judgment as…
Jeff Garzik, an early pioneer of Bitcoin, has revealed that he’s given away over $100 million worth of the asset, but has no regrets about it. Giving Money to Something He Believes In Garzik has been in the space since 2010 after reading a blog post about Bitcoin. Writing code for it, he soon became…
Controversial computer scientist Craig Wright claims to know exactly who was behind the spectacular Bitcoin SV pump of early January. Wright says the interest in the market was indeed organic but is unwilling to go into specifics.Wright also believes that the patents filled by nChain will position the company well to take advantage of central…
The two most recognisable names from the Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BTCSV) side of the Bitcoin Cash hard fork that occurred last November are adamant that the cryptocurrency agreed upon by the market as the original Bitcoin (BTC) chain is going to plummet in price. In fact, Craig S. Wright and Calvin Ayre are so bearish…
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright has entered settlement talks with the estate of Dave Kleiman, a firm which sued him for $10 billion. A September 17 filing in Florida district court shows that both Wright and Kleiman estate have asked the judge to grant them a 30-day deadline. The parties have signed a non-binding agreement…
Bitcoin SV, a somewhat controversial hard fork of Bitcoin Cash, has suddenly spiked by as much as 17% intraday following legal developments in the Craig Wright legal battle with the late David Kleiman.However, there is one important lingering factor that could cause this rally to run out of steam and eventually lead to a lot…
The price of the cryptocurrency created by two controversial hard forks of Bitcoin is increasing dramatically today. Bitcoin SV gained by around 5.4 percent over the last 24 hours on a day when most other leading crypto assets traded sideways.The most likely cause for the sudden increase in market capitalisation is the spreading rumour that…