We could introduce them to people, certainly. In fact Rtm knows a bit about security and cryptography. But our top priority if they applied to YC would be to

We could introduce them to people, certainly. In fact Rtm knows a bit about security and cryptography. But our top priority if they applied to YC would be to encourage them to figure out what to build first, and build it. They are in a dangerous position. They have a large number of people who like them in a vague way-- who like not what they've built, but the general idea of what they plan to build. In a startup you want the exact opposite: you want a small number of people who like you a lot, not a large number who like you slightly.