A catalog of Craig Steven Wright’s known academic publications, SANS Reading Room papers, and research output across various platforms.
SANS Reading Room Papers (2005–2008)
Wright published five papers through the SANS Institute Reading Room during the period immediately preceding Bitcoin’s creation. These papers focus on enterprise security management, legal compliance, and malware analysis.
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2005 | Implementing an Information Security Management System (ISMS) Training process |
| Jan 9, 2006 | Electronic Contracting, New Wine in Old Bottles |
| Oct 1, 2006 | A Quantitative Time Series Analysis of Malware and Vulnerability Trends |
| Oct 2007 | Requirements for Record Keeping and Document Destruction in a Digital World (84 pages) |
| Jan 30, 2008 | Trusting electronically signed documents |
| Apr 2008 | Internet Intermediary Liability |
Note: While some of these papers touch on topics tangentially related to Bitcoin’s underpinnings (digital signatures, electronic records), they focus primarily on enterprise IT compliance rather than the peer-to-peer cryptographic currencies, proof-of-work systems, or distributed consensus mechanisms being discussed on the cryptography mailing list where Bitcoin’s concepts were developed.
Academic Papers & Preprints
Wright has published numerous papers through SSRN, Google Scholar, and other academic repositories, primarily after 2017.
Key Papers
| Year | Title | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bitcoin: A Total Turing Machine | SSRN |
| 2017 | A Proof of Turing Completeness in Bitcoin Script | SSRN |
| 2017 | The Illusion of Scale in Segregated Witness | SSRN |
| 2022 | Decentralisation | SSRN |
Academic Profiles
- SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2682943
- Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=rXxMBUYAAAAJ
- ResearchGate: researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Craig-Steven-Wright-2141027479
Doctoral Theses
PhD in Computer Science and Economics (Charles Sturt University, 2017)
- Title: “The Quantification of Information Systems Risk: A Look at Quantitative Responses to Information Security Issues”
- Completed: 2014; degree conferred 2017
- Repository: researchoutput.csu.edu.au
- Controversy: Subsequent investigation found substantial, deliberate plagiarism in at least 30 pages, including almost the entirety of Chapter 6. Charles Sturt University confirmed it launched an investigation into the allegations.
Doctor of Theology (United Theological College, 2003)
- Title: “Gnarled roots of a creation theory”
LLM Dissertation (Northumbria University)
- Wright’s Masters of Law dissertation has been similarly disputed for plagiarism, though Northumbria University has not released a statement.
Books
| Year | Title | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The IT Regulatory and Standards Compliance Handbook | 9781597492669 |
| 2019 | Satoshi’s Vision: The Art of Bitcoin (with Paul Democritou) | 9781688735927 |
| 2024 | The Weight of What Remains | 9798303867215 |
Amazon author page: amazon.com/stores/author/B07Y2472GT
Patent Portfolio (nChain)
Wright is associated with nChain’s extensive blockchain patent portfolio:
- 3,900+ patents and applications across 46 jurisdictions
- 450+ patent families representing distinct inventions
- Covers 14 technology areas from core blockchain infrastructure to IoT integration
- Wright’s earliest patent filing dates to October 2011 (document registry system)
- nChain’s “Patent Pledge” provides royalty-free access only for Bitcoin SV implementations
The 2024 COPA v Wright judgment resulted in injunctions preventing Wright from asserting Bitcoin-related IP claims, though nChain’s patents themselves remain legally valid.
For a comprehensive compilation of Wright’s writings, see Ramon Quesada’s chronological collection of 440+ posts, papers, and books.