Sounds more like conspiracy theory to me. I'd say there's something more behind the Bytecoin story, and there are more things pointing to 2012 as a project launch year rather to the smooth's version of events. Personally, I believe that the project was created in 2012 in a rough minimum viable product, which simply did not take off. I tend to agree with
Halon's razor in this case.
Nope, already contradicted by statements made by Bytecoin supporters. Not going to explicitly point them out though (for now)
I've said before that the more bullshit they spin up the more contradictions will be created, and that is true.
They should really stop digging.
But a good portion of all of this is merely speculation. For all we know the people you say are creating the backwards statements arent even involved in the creation. Isn't it possible for others to perpetuate all of this without truly having anything to do with the coin itself, something like a takeover. This is no different than Satoshi creating bitcoin and everything to include updates and posts being handled by others.