Idea to going public with their indentity is great.
It means a lot for a new investors, that dev's are standing by their project with real indentity
Exactly - that's the other aspect of it that gives investors in this skeptical/cynical crypto climate a lot more confidence. Just look at the history of crypto itself. Some of the biggest gains (at least initially) went to coins with devs who went public. I remember DRK and XC had some of the biggest earliest altcoin surges when their devs went public. People have been burned to often by anon devs on other coins, and many dont understand the tech innovation. But they do understand when an expert in the field is backing things. It matters.
There are people that hate NEM. And I do mean hate. I'm not sure they have proper reason but that's not the point. Going public as being a core dev and decision maker in NEM is like paiting a target on your back and shouting "Come get me".
It would be great for the project but potentially disastrous for the people.
Sad to say, but that's undoubtedly true. It's the sort of negative dynamic / negative feedback loop that I fear is driving the entire crypto ecosystem down the drain.
You don't get trust if you don't give trust - you don't trust people, people don't trust you - distrust breeds more distrust.
Tech is great. Unfortunately, human nature sucks. And down goes the collective market cap of the crypto ecosystem over time. Hopefully, someone comes up with a new innovation to get around these issues.