The only important question we should ask is "what was the benefit of supporting a clear scammer in 2016 and what is the benefit in going back on his words today?
Was it money? Position? Government favor? Threat of prosecution by government? Something else?
I may only speculate on the benefit of going back on his words today. Can he not get rid of liability in case things go against his way? People get to trust Craig, Craig proves to be a scammer, then people sue Gavin because he said Craig was Satoshi. Or something like that.
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PrivacyG
No because you would have to prove that Gavin Andresen knew that CSW was a scammer and we do not know if that is true. I think he could have been naive and fell for the tricks that others have by Craig. He is a master at it that is why he has a following but on the other side I thought Gavin would know better because of his technical skills with btc and he is still intelligent as he showed in the early years but him taking so long to talk about the mistake of trusting Craig goes against him. He should have talked about it sooner and he probably would have a better reputation among the btc community and would have looked better in front of a court if someone did try to sue him. I do not think they could sue him for damages though because you can never prove he knew that csw was a scammer.