I've noticed that the user bans are still in effect within the "official" threads. This thread is still open for any reasonable discussion. I would love to hear from any Ethereum team members regarding this alleged partnership with Dan Metcalf and his "groundbreaking" technologies.
This article was updated at 11:20am EST to include a quote from Ethereum's Business and Partnerships Director, George Hallam and was updated at 11:54am to indicate that Blocknet's decentralized exchange is planning to launch in alpha form, not its full release.
Notice that nowhere in the CoinTelegraph article is there mentioned a 'partnership' between Ethereum and Blocknet. In fact, the article explicitly says that this is not a partnership in its current state. Also notice that George Hallam contributed to the content of the article as per the above quote from the CoinTelegraph article. There's nothing 'alleged' about this. It's happening.