Interview Conducted with Craig WRIGHT
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McMaster Well, only as a director, but I wasn't an auditor.
Wright: I guess I gained a little bit of paranoia on that one - - -
McMaster: Look, I can understand where you're coming from, okay, and I can also
understand the communication confusion because you clearly see these
5 things as bitcoins.
Wright: I see them as money.
McMaster: You see them as currency and you treat them in the same way and when you
talk to us about them, that's how you talk about them and, unfortunately, that
has created a confusion around what actually occurred, and that's all that me
10 as a director and Marina as my Assistant Commissioner are trying to clarify.
What are the true facts here and if at the end of the day you've got a refund,
you've got a refund. End of story. You're entitled.
Sommer: And all we're trying to do, all I'm trying to do is, you know – you know, if I was
a nefarious litigator – and I know lots of them – there's nothing I would rather
15 do than run a declaratory proceeding against you guys about ..... money.
However, with Craig and John in their current situation that's going to tie more
of their money up and, you know, I don't work for free, and that's not going to
progress things. I would rather come to you guys and say, "Look, listen, the
whole treatment of bitcoin is not what we anticipated but if we actually look at
20 what you've said and try and make it work" – and I'm a big fan of trying to
make things work as far as we can. We can always ..... you know, when you
guys lose in the Federal Court and, you know, you decide not to appeal and
bitcoin is money, we can always go back and revise the BASs again but at
least we can make some progress and actually stop this business being
25 strangled, and that's really what I want to achieve. I just want to actually let
these guys escape from under six different audits and try and get back to the
business. That's my objective.
