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Bitcoin ‘inventor’ fights for developer duty of care in appeal

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Published on: 08 December 2022
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Law360, London: The self-styled inventor of Bitcoin, on 7 December 2022, urged the Court of Appeal to find that software developers behind digital currency networks have a legal duty to protect consumers' valuable assets from fraudsters, in a case that could reverberate across the financial sector.

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