[f6v]

Suppose they have a room temp superconductor(even if it’s not pure). What’s stopping them from revealing the process? It seems like the way they describe it is extremely hard to reproduce. So, are they trying to figure out how to make the most money off it? What else could it be?

[ajmurmann]

The steps are public. Famously the catgirl-boyfriend in Russia ignored them and came up with alternative steps to reproduce on their kitchen counter. However, it's very hard to get right and the original authors also needed many attempts and still had impurities.

[unaindz]

They don't necessarily need to know what makes it work, they may do it ten times following the same recipe and it works only one of those times. The first method used to get a new material is usually not the best one, some iteration is needed.