Bitcoin: Craig Wright promises new evidence to prove identity

Proof of identity may not be enough to win round high-profile backer Gavin Andresen, who has now questioned Wright's claim of being Satoshi Nakamoto

Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who claims to have created the cryptocurrency bitcoin in 2008 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, has promised to provide fresh evidence to back up his claim.

In a blogpost on his website, Wright says "over the coming days, I will be hosting a series of pieces that will lay the foundations for this extraordinary claim", including transferring bitcoin from "an early block" and posting "independently verifiable documents".