AI summary: Australian computer scientist Craig Wright, who claims to have invented Bitcoin, controls or has pending nearly 4,000 patents related to blockchain technology. These patents could potentially force programmers worldwide to stop using open-source software or pay licensing fees. Wright’s patents could impact everything from the $1 trillion cryptocurrency market to corporate implementations by some of the world’s largest companies. His legal tactics could also set precedents for software issued under permissive copyright rules known as open source, affecting widely used frameworks and operating systems.
