Wonder what he babbled about? That would seem like one of the more convincing proofs. “Here, let me move one of those original bitcoins”. So it had to be some version of “the dog ate the hard drive” kind of excuse.
Wright extensively modified files, including iteratively modifying a latex file containing the whitepaper to make it layout similarly to the original whitepaper (which was written in openoffice btw). Wright is a narcissistic fraud that continued doubling down upon doubling down on his own lies.
I'm going to decline to wave my arms at all the Current Things, but you can fill in blanks easily .
Indeed. The scammer doesn't care if most people disbelieve, they only need a few (their victims) to believe very strongly. The goals of being generally believable and very convincing to a few can even be mutually exclusive.
Especially when things like defamation litigation threats silences people who know he's lying, or at least keep them easily dismissed (e.g. posting anonymously).