5 Interesting Facts Revealed By Gavin Andresen in His Sworn Deposition
5 Interesting Facts From Gavin Andresen’s Sworn Deposition
The recently released deposition of Gavin Andresen in the case of Kleiman vs. Wright reveals some interesting details about the personalities of Craig Wright, Satoshi Nakamoto, and not least of all, Andresen himself.
Craig Wright admitted that he is a fraud
In an email to Andresen, Wright apparently called himself a fraudster:
“I am a fraud, but I am a fraud that is free to work on what I need to do.”
Maybe this admission (now in public domain) will make further lawsuits more difficult for Wright.
Gavin Andresen may have had an early hint about BSV
In a 2016 email to Andresen, Wright claims to have access to some systems, which were reportedly much more powerful than Bitcoin (BTC). Wright stated:
“I have access to systems that transfer more value and transactions a day than the existing BTC network does in a year.”
It’s possible that Wright was already thinking about Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV), but Andresen did not seem to have the answer either.
Andresen states that his coding skills are on par with Nakamoto’s
Speaking about Satoshi’s programming ability, Andresen placed the Bitcoin creator in the top 10 percent of the programmers he’s worked with. Andresen also states that he belongs there himself.
“Among all the programmers that I’ve interacted with, he’s definitely in the top 10 percent. I’ve known better programmers. I’ve known a lot of worse programmers.”
Clearly demonstrating that he is not lacking in confidence, Andresen stated he is roughly equal to Satoshi in terms of coding:
“It depends on what we were programming, but, yeah, roughly equal.”
Andresen considered himself the best possible replacement for Satoshi Nakamoto
Early Bitcoin developer Laszlo Hanyecz said that Satoshi was going to hand over Bitcoin to him, but he was not interested in working on the project full time.
When Andresen was asked during his deposition if he was the best possible replacement for Nakamoto, Andresen replied:
“I sure was the best.”
Craig Wright tried to kill himself
In the spring of 2016, Craig Wright had to move coins from one of the addresses associated with block 9 to Andresen as proof of Wright’s claimed Satoshi identity. Instead, one of Wright’s associates sent an email to Andresen and others, informing them of what seemed to be a suicide attempt:
“All stop. Craig has just tried to injure himself and is bleeding badly in the washroom. Stefan is there with him and Ramona and I am en route. Ambulance is on its way.”
Wright was found injured and subsequently rushed to the hospital.
