theymos was one of the very few who saw what a train-wreck TBF was likely to be when Gavin floated the idea and spoke up about it. I'll let you guess who another one of these lonely voices might have been.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=113400.msg1227012#msg1227012That post also serves as proof that I wasn't singling out Blockstream when I asked them the same question about potential conflicts of interest.