HappyKasper

Yes - at that time, the ethics complaint and retaliation allegations weren't public yet. This new article adds a lot to the story.

I think the acknowledgement is implicit in this piece - current structures have allowed this "power capture" and need to be improved. The point the author makes is that blockchain has very obvious avenues for the same power capture and that for this reason, it's not a better option than the difficult work of improving existing and well-explored systems of power/political order.

And it looks like they started "investigating" at around 450!