What is Craig Wright doing with thousands of crypto patents?
No matter what you think of Craig Wright’s contentious self-identification as Satoshi Nakamoto, he’s still amassed one of the largest patent portfolios in the crypto industry. Established in 2015, his nChain employs some 260 workers who have been filing thousands of patent applications and intellectual property (IP) registrations. Last week, Forbes’ Michael del Castillo released current figures on his patent collection: 800 granted and 3,000 pending. Already widely regarded as a legal troll against Bitcoin Core developers, Wright could soon become a patent troll, as well. Wright is an aggressive plaintiff and wields a fortune to compensate high-powered attorneys around the globe. He even legally harassed the lead maintainer of Bitcoin Core and second successor to Satoshi Nakamoto, Wladimir van der Laan, so much so that van der Laan quit Bitcoin development altogether. Wright famously claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, and briefly fooled some early Bitcoine...