now you just exposed everything here 
I guess most of the active members already know who created that thread. Also, there are some replies where other people mentioned Royse777's name. There are four mentions in a row on the first page of the thread;
@Royse777 Astounding initiative you have taken by yourself.
Royse777 has asked me to escrow funds for the project,
Royse, I think it is time to go public.
Hi, I received Royse777's message about this topic,
So, It's not a secret. So, I don't see any harm in creating this either since OP was curious about it. I noticed the thread creator became anonymous a few days ago. But I didn't bother them because I was guessing that maybe they requested admin to do this.