Curious if Blockstream was given an opportunity to respond, and if so, what their response is - though I can understand they'd want to keep this a private matte

Curious if Blockstream was given an opportunity to respond, and if so, what their response is - though I can understand they'd want to keep this a private matter, and in reality the Board of Directors may have approved this; I wonder if the BOD is getting any crypto-"currencies" as well.