We all know Jeffrey Epstein was a sick pedo since his conviction back in 2008. With the recent release of the Epstein files, a lot of interesting emails and connections surfaced.
Many so-called "industry leaders" in the Bitcoin Core circles have been exposed to have connections with Epstein, visited his little private island of fun, or accepted his money.
"Andy Back" (Adam Back), Blockstream
Austin Hill, Blockstream
"genjix" (Amir Taaki), Dark Wallet, Darkmarket, DarkFi
Bryan Bishop, gatekeeper of bitcoin dev mailing list
Suhas Daftuar, Chaincode Labs
Alex Morcos, Chaincode Labs
Jeremy Rubin, Bitcoin Core dev
And Blockstream is still deep in with the likes of Reid Hoffman and Howard Lutnick. Small wonder why the Core team's recent direction has been so against the basic ethos of Bitcoin.
Sources: https://x.com/mattkratter/status/2018360294968553847#m, https://x.com/coinyeezy/status/2018385152955580641#m, https://x.com/Polyhaline/status/2018423802460328092#m, https://x.com/CatoTheElder17/status/2018102104116580413#m, https://x.com/Conza/status/2018153371698634825#m
