Captain Kirk seems unconvinced that the Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is the inventor of Bitcoin (BTC).

William Shatner, the Canadian player that played Captain Kirk in the original Star Expedition series, suggested that Wright is not behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto — the seminal cryptocurrency's creator. In a tweet on Feb. 11, Shatner said:

"Ask yourself why would someone claim to be Satoshi and offer zero proof? Either put up or shut up, correct?"

The discussion started subsequently a Twitter user answered Shatner'south announcement of having been at a cryptocurrency event past expressing the hope that "imitation Satoshi wasn't there."

Later clarifying that this was a reference to Craig Wright, another twitter user claimed that Wright is indeed Satoshi and that Bitcoin SV (BSV) is the real Bitcoin, to which Shatner answered:

"Why tin can't he evidence it? From what I've read is that some mysterious bonded courier would deliver the keys (which honestly is a scene right out of Back to the Future.)  If he is, he should be able to show it. This is like the modern day search for Anastasia."

In his tweet, Shatner was referring to the Tulip Trust which purportedly contains the private keys to a one thousand thousand Bitcoin — worth $9.vii billion as of press time — that Wright claims will be handed to him past a courier. In late January, Wright told Cointelegraph that he is confident that he will proceeds access to the funds in question.

Billions in Bitcoin at stake

Wright has been wrapped upwardly in legal proceedings brought against him past the estate of David Kleiman, an American computer scientist. The two sides are litigating over Wright's alleged misappropriation of over a million Bitcoin that he and David mined together from 2009 to 2022.

Wright claims to exist Satoshi Nakamoto, only in November he told the plaintiff that he could not afford a 500,000 BTC (virtually $iv.9 billion) settlement in the case that the Kleiman estate initiated against him. Earlier this month, he was accused of abusing chaser client privilege to withhold documents and misfile trial proceedings.