Craig Wright, who claimed to have invented bitcoin and was found by a High Court judge in 2024 to have “lied to the court extensively and repeatedly,” has turned to academic publishing. In the past fortnight he posted his seventh paper on SSRN, the RELX‑owned pre‑print server, and since June 2025 has uploaded 65 preprints as sole author. Topics range from quantum physics and cosmology to “Subcutaneous Adiposity and Its Correlation with Visible Penile Length.”

Wright, now a postgraduate researcher at the University of Exeter, explains that the surge reflects a backlog of work produced while he was chief scientist at nChain, the London‑based blockchain consultancy funded by Calvin Ayre. He says he wrote roughly 3,000 white papers at nChain, many of which could not be cleared for external release, and that his recent PhD work at Exeter and Leicester adds further material.

He intends to submit the papers for peer review, though not necessarily in their current form, and notes that about 20 have already been accepted for review. Asked whether any drafts used generative AI, Wright did not respond.