The following year, tech publication WIRED published a (now heavily-updated) article suggesting that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright could be the inventor of Bitcoin. After the article came out, Wright went on a media blitz, telling publications like the BBC, the Economist and GQ that he was Satoshi. But it didn’t take long for Wright’s story to begin unraveling – and it became clear that Wright, who has a history of questionable business dealings and behavior – was making the whole thing up, likely as a cover for his still-ongoing issues with the Australian Tax Office, as well as to make money (and a name for himself) by copyrighting the Bitcoin white paper.
