Well, this thing that he mentioned, Ledger, is a peer-reviewed journal for the cryptocurreny space that was recently announced. So the suggestion makes perfect sense. And it's not about getting advance access, it's about getting this thing looked at from all angles, so that possible problems are discovered before someone has a chance to exploit them on mainnet
Looked at that better, and yah, that would be a good thing to submit to. If you gave it to Evan, I'm sure he'll send it in, or when the time is right, maybe you could remind him? I'm still certain none of us will have any details until it's ready to go on testnet. Good news is that it should be about 3 months from now, so here's hoping (fingers crossed)