So they exposed the truth about Dan.
Nope. The truth about Dan's code reviews and collaborations was made public at every point on the XC thread. There was nothing to expose.
What they did is make it look like it was a dirty secret, when it wasn't.
How does the fact that this information leak was premeditated take away from the fact that it's all now confirmed to be genuine?
What's happened is that Prometheus has been subject to smear campaigns in the past that make him out to be a P&D scammer.
Linking Dan to Prometheus therefore appears to wreck Dan's reputation.
But the truth is that Prometheus is no paragon of virtue, but he is not a pump-and-dump scammer either.
And Dan's link to coins Prometheus funds has not been a secret at any point.
So what's all the fuss about? Hearsay about Prom; true records of conversations that have nonetheless been cut to put Prom in as negative a light as they can; another coin doing its best to destroy the competition.
We have nothing to hide. Bring it all out. There is nothing to fear from the truth.
How was Dan being involved in Halcyon public information? Why would someone involved with the coin do a supposedly unbiased code review?
Why did everyone(especially you) vehemently deny that the chat logs were genuine?
Aero, Key and Halcyon are three of the most infamous pump and dumps. Prometheus' MO is already well known. None of this being related to him is an issue really. But the fact that Dan is involved with this scene goes directly against the image of unbiased and "one of crypto's best" that XC has been trying to portray him as.
In the XC thread before it was closed not one person was saying "yeah, we all knew Dan was involved in Halcyon!". It was quite the opposite actually. If fact you deleted posts saying that.
If you're new strategy now is to go from complete dismissal and denial of the Prometheus connection to fully embracing it now then that's fine with me. Probably should have done that from the start and just been clear. I mean, to be honest most people in this scene knew what XC was about for a long time. But your job is to shield the XC holders from the realities of the situation, and now you can't do that any more now that it's all been admitted publicly.
So for people holding XC and Blocknet as long as you're aware of what type of groups you're backing then it's up for you to decide how you want to deal with your own investments.