Craig Steven Wright Did Not Invent Bitcoin

I have also only scanned, but I agree I didn't see somewhere he outright says he still believes Wright as of the deposition date in 2020.

I think these might be some of the strongest statements people are talking about:

* Page 88 in 590/5:

  7     A    Sitting here today, I think it's more
  8 likely than not that I saw a proper signature, but
  9 I -- but I do have some doubt.

* Page 163 in 590/5:

  5     A    I meant that he bamboozled me about the
  6 gobbledygook proof, but I still think it's most
  7 likely that he did not bamboozle me during the
  8 signing ceremony.

From my viewpoint on the sidelines, these are too irrationally close to endorsing Wright as Satoshi, because they cling to some hazy jetlagged memories in a hotel that looked like a real signature, over every other sign pointing to Wright being a fraud.

I feel for Mr. Andresen -- the signature may have just barely been 50.5% credible to him and he can't arrive at another conclusion on it in isolation. But with all the other evidence, I suppose a lot of people feel like his refusal to clearly denounce Wright may as well be continued support.

Also, according to his blog post at http://gavinandresen.ninja/satoshi , it took until 2023 for him to state "I now know it was a mistake to trust Craig Wright as much as I did" (excerpted), yet he still doesn't outright denounce him. Maybe my original statement that Mr. Andresen believed him for years was not quite correct, but if he let his website support Wright for years (2016-2023), it's too close to a continuing endorsement.

(I regret having jumped into this earlier with such a strong statement, when I didn't really know.)