One of the biggest digital currency exchanges in Australia, Independent Reserve, confirmed that they would delist the bitcoin SV cryptocurrency as a result of controversial behavior from its team.
The exchange commented: “In light of recent events and community feedback Bitcoin SV (BSV) and related trading pairs will be delisted.”
The comments made by Przelozny seem to reference, at least partially, the threats made by high-profile BSV proponent Craig Wright to sue the entities that host the bitcoin white paper online by claiming he owns the copyright. Recently, Wright’s lawyers have sent take-down letters to several entities.
Bitcoin Core, which is bitcoin’s primary developer team, has decided to comply with the request out of fear of a costly legal battle.
Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto but has yet to bring any real proof of that. He also claims that BSV “is bitcoin.”
The bitcoin white paper was released under the permissive MIT license, which means that everybody is free to use and distribute it. Following Wright’s sending of the letter, many notable entities have decided to host the white paper, including the city of Miami and the governmental website of Estonia and Colombia.