And once again, the world doesn't start and end with bitcointalk. What you are saying is that you were able to discover Bytecoin when the info was first posted on this forum.
Agreed that BCT is not the center of the universe. So can you show me an archive.org link that mentions bcn/cryptonote
anywhere on the web prior to 2014?
It's the simplest thing.
I'll lower the bar. Will anybody raise a hand to say they knew of BCN pre-2014?