I understand your position but please understand that Discord has security issues and many of us see entering phone numbers into it as an extreme and unwarranted risk to be able to live chat about the coin. I feel like this actual concern for real and highly interested members of the community outweighs the potential risk of spammers and bots.
I hope you understand this position and consider it's merits. Thank you.
Dear 0swald,
The devs had turn off the phone verification for 1 week as test. If the moderating team is successful in combating all spam it will stay off.
Cheers!