for what it's worth, these same questions come up all the time in the discord channel. GPUHoarder and OhGodAGirl are fairly active, as are a number of other bitstream devs.
Thanks for the nice lengthy post, I knew some of that information already, but you added some new stuff as well.
Would you happen to have a link to join that Discord channel (presuming it's allowed to join)?My pleasure. Here yah go: https://discord.gg/Usdh6w3
If you are interested, here is the link for the mineority.io discord channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/HnJSDf2