The total amount spent was $5.9 million, spread across 11 years.
Could it be the developers didn't really want to finish Epochtalk, as that would mean they'd be out of a job?
I really don't know how BTT came to possess 1k+ BTC
Theymos literally posted about it a bit higher:
3116 BTC was donated, and there as advertising revenue.
This basically means that 5 people connected with the multisig signers can create 'long live crypto' nonprofit and walk away with 200+ BTC each. Really hope I'm wrong here.
The multisig treasurers are long gone. See
Forum funds.