Was that something that the Wasabi developers expected? When nopara73 left the team, I was very curious why, but I didn't want to ask that question in the forum because people might merely FUD make tin-foil hypotheses about Wasabi again. But currently it's known that Wasabi left the U.S., did nopara73 already know that that - Wasabi/zkSNACKS to leave U.S. - was going to happen? I believe he's the only developer that made his identity public, no?
I damn bet he knew. His departure announcement on Medium was suspiciously timed. I guess he didn't want to be part of the reputation smear that evidently the rest of Wasabi has been hit by, so who can blame him.
Perhaps he did, but to give him the benefit of the doubt, it's not the "reputation smear". I believe that many privacy tools developers might have started to talk with each other about a pending suppression by some state-level actors months before Samourai Wallet. Personally, nopara73 made the right decision for himself and if he has a family - wife/kids - them too. I would definitely do the same to be honest.
Where can everyone find newbie-friendly guides/ELI-5 instructions to boot-strap a coordinator?