“His family told me that he would deny it. In fact, I was very surprised when he acknowledged it to me when I met with him.”
well his family meant to have not known anything about it, so hearing a reporter ask them of course they would reply, that he wont admit to it. coz its not him and they have never heard him mention the words before to his family. or they cold hav thought she was asking about a project he done with the government
“When I met with him, I told him I’m here to talk to you about Bitcoin. At the time there were two police officers there. In fact, I think that initially their intention was to just escort me away, but when I said ‘Bitcoin,’ one of them was interested and let me continue talking. And I said, ‘You know, people think you were the founder of Bitcoin.’ And I asked him a few questions about, whether or not it was true, and he said, ‘I cannot talk about that. I’m not connected with it anymore.’ The exact quote is in the story.
he never said the words, 'i made bitcoin' he may have however thought she was talking about a government project which he was involved in to do with aviation or defense, most contractors are never given specifics like project names. they are just ordered to install equipment in certain places or do certain tasks. governments dont divulged all the details to a contractor normally only a chief or other high ranking personel know the government projects names. so when a reporter approaches you, you know its not about dropping litter or smoking in public, so you then think it must be related to those secret projects you done for the government and reply ‘I cannot talk about that. I’m not connected with it anymore.’
And I reasserted, ‘We are talking about Bitcoin here, correct?’ And he said, ‘Yes,’ but he went on the say that he would not elaborate at all or answer questions. And, in addition, my last question to him was, ‘If you are in anyway not connected, you need to tell me now,’ and he said, ‘I cannot do that.’”
well she initiated the questioning, so the topic was in her control. if i asked you, have you ever rode a elephant. and you gave a negative response. and i then said ‘We are talking about riding elephants here, correct?’ you would say yes.. its not like you were the one talking about .. pfft, i dunno.... ah, eating watermelons.. when she asked about elephants.. and then ofcourse you would then say you cant say anymore, as there is no more to say
