I sold all my other altcoins, and even some BTC, in order to buy more XMR at the gift-from-Goddess price of ~0.001.  So I no longer possess a single VIA or XCH, although I still in word and spirit support the project for my original reasons.

I surmise Drak 1) has better things to do than GAAP paperwork, and 2) spent funds commensurate with a top tier dev's expected salary range in order to implement CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY, nLockTime, and the rest of the extra-fancy stuff Peter and the other guy have done.  Plus plenty more for basic research into tree chains.  Which I am in favor of, despite the exorbitant and most likely unrecoupable expense.  Go huge, or go home.   

When you send a general into the field, it is expedient to support him and his judgment to the hilt.  Not second-guess and audit him while in the breach.  Given insufficient succor at critical junctures, morale wanes and the enterprise suffers ignominious collapse.  Gentlemen, we are teetering on the edge of such an ill-fated outcome!

Please forgive my obnoxious intrusion, and endeavor to work things out with Drak.  I believe the VIA/XCH projects are worthwhile in the long term, despite the predictable differences and ensuing rancor to be expected at these early and middle stages.

Hug it out.  Air (in an appropriate venue) the grievances.  Make a fresh start.  Try to remember why VIA and XCH are marvelous ideas and fueled such a bell-ringing ICO in the first place.  I want to buy back into this project, not write it off as yet another false start that dissolved in a cloud of crypto-drama.

Best,

-iB