.... And in the same breath, why he can't give it to Rat4 to escrow for future BC events? Too difficult to make the transfer?

Escrow for Pavel Vasin and David Zimbeck so they get it when POS 2.0 and BlackHalo are released.... I wish for more development!
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but he doesn't have that money any more.
I think that's a good idea. IE should send the funds to a trusted escrow that he approves and community also approves.
That would be a good idea, but he won't just out of spite.
That's assuming he didn't already dump/spend the funds.