DFINITY founder accuses NEAR of unauthorized use of threshold ECDSA tech

A public accusation between two major ecosystem founders turns a technical design choice into a credibility contest, and the timing is notable: threshold ECDSA sits at the core of cross-chain custody, where trust assumptions matter more than raw speed claims. The unverified status cuts both ways, so the practical question is whether DFINITY or NEAR produces verifiable evidence — commit history, audits, or a response — rather than dueling posts. For builders choosing signing infrastructure, the dispute is a reminder that decentralization claims are hard to assess from the outside.