Re: Conflicting reports
You haven't actually read either story have you? If you'd read the AP story you would know that he has explained the exchange with Newsweek. He says that what he was trying to tell Newsweek was that he wasn't involved in engineering anymore and could not discuss it due to contractual obligations. Papering over any cracks with the explanation that his grasp of the english language is not perfect.
Of course you could question that his english is not perfect after 55 years living in the USA, but I know people who were born in the UK but speak English only as a second language and quite badly at that.
You could ask why he answered a specific question about Bitcoin with a general answer regarding his career in engineering, but can we be sure that he said this in answer to a specific question about Bitcoin.
How about:
"Mr Nakano did you develop Bitcoin?"
"Never heard of it until a few weeks ago."
"But you did work on secret engineering projects for several years."
"I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it,"
How hard is that for some hack to edit into:
"Mr Nakano did you develop Bitcoin?"
"I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it,"