{"id":110883,"date":"2019-07-29T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T20:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=110883"},"modified":"2019-07-29T13:20:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T20:20:30","slug":"craig-wright-chess-piece-bitcoin-sv-calvin-ayre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/craig-wright-chess-piece-bitcoin-sv-calvin-ayre\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining pool CEO: Craig Wright is a \u201cchess piece\u201d for Bitcoin SV, Calvin Ayre allegedly calls the shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jiang Zhuoer, the CEO at BTC.TOP, one of the largest Bitcoin<\/a> mining<\/a> pools, revealed that Craig Wright and Calvin Ayre planned the split from the Bitcoin Cash<\/a> network long before the matter was publicly discussed.<\/p>\n

In a Reddit post<\/a> that shares part of an interview with Zhuoer, the Chinese entrepreneur pointed out that Craig Wright only \u201cseems\u201d to be the leader of the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision<\/a> (BSV) community. He claims that the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor is only \u201ca chess piece,\u201d and that online-gambling billionaire Calvin Ayre is actually the real boss of BSV.<\/p>\n

Craig Wright allegedly does not hold shares in nChain or CoinGeek<\/h2>\n

According to Zhuoer, Wright is only \u201cin name\u201d the chief scientist at nChain<\/a>, a London-based blockchain-focused research and development firm. The Australian computer scientist does not hold shares in BSV-related companies such as nChain and CoinGeek, Zhuoer notes.<\/p>\n

He reveals that Ayre is the main backer behind CSW, and that the casino tycoon is focused on making money from the Canadian stock exchange through CoinGeek, a crypto news media site reportedly acquired<\/a> by Squire Mining<\/a> for $45 million in December 2018.<\/p>\n

Zhuoer further notes that CoinGeek develops its own mining machines, and independently runs its crypto-mining operation via Squire Mining<\/a>. The news media company also controls the Bitcoin SV chain, which many analysts<\/a> claim is highly centralized.<\/p>\n

Ayre want to completely control Bitcoin SV<\/h2>\n

The BSV chain was not forked from BCH because the former wanted to follow a different developmental roadmap, Zhuoer pointed out. He believes that BSV split from Bitcoin Cash because CoinGeek wanted full control of the cryptocurrency\u2019s blockchain.<\/p>\n

Zhuoer also mentioned that the bitcoinsv.org and bitcoinsv.io domains were registered several months before Wright publicly began taking shots at Roger Ver<\/a>\u2019s Bitcoin Cash ABC team. Moreover, Wright intentionally created tensions between the ABC and BSV supporters in order to fork the Bitcoin Cash chain, he claims.<\/p>\n

According to Zhuoer:<\/p>\n

\u201c[CSW] some very extreme claims that the BCH community [would not] accept, and then incited some community members through extremist claims, just like the Nazis [did] extreme propaganda and incitement, in order to split from the BCH.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bitcoin SV hard fork increases block sizes<\/h2>\n

Going on to note some of the extreme claims, Zhuoer mentioned that Wright suggested increasing Bitcoin SV\u2019s block sizes to 2 GB, which could result in major technical problems<\/a> and have an adverse effect on any blockchain network.<\/p>\n

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Whoops! $BSV<\/a> has experienced yet another reorg, this time 6 (six!) consecutive blocks were orphaned (#578640\u2013578645), this chain included a 128 MB block #578644 ?\u200d\u2642\ufe0f The network was basically stuck for 1.5 hours, and this shows that even 6 confirmations are not enough ?\u200d\u2642\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/dwGZmUCqtm<\/a><\/p>\n

— Nikita Zhavoronkov (@nikzh) April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n