Dozens off us with many machines are helping him gather this data, we'll see the results in the paper.
Exactly. It is a highly valuable project, because even if it fails, it still proves something.Unlike the "there is nothing suspicious about secp256k1 params" or "your tool cannot crack my key" approach - which is totally useless and may be even dangerous, since it strengthens confidence in the technology that uses assumptions, which no sane mathematician would bet his life on.
Besides, if you don't try to break the things that others consider unbreakable, even though there is no proof of them being actually unbreakable - then what kind of fun your life is?
