No, this means that I'm contributing my own resources to the project. crypto_zoidberg is one of the brightest minds in this space and having him operate in any capacity is a positive. If we run into any technical issues during this process we'll be in contact with him. If not, we're going to continue working towards a release and focus on collaborating with him when it comes time to commit to the repo.
I'll try to donate. But really any major development on this code by you and Zoidberg is an easy 10-50x+ USD assuming BTC price doesn't crash. 9 million circulating coin supply, and still trading below $1.00 while Monero is trading at $45.
Wasn't able to mine much of this back way back when, if I see a commit with major improvement, I'm buying this coin like a MOFO.