[eof]

to do this "right" shouldn't they release a hash now of the keys that will be exposed in march; as well as sign a message from a bitcoin address containing ~500btc?

[Dylan16807]

Why a hash now, do you think they're going to be able to release fake keys that somehow decrypt the cyphertext to email addresses?

And converting into bitcoin months preemptively is a speculative gamble, not a verification of anything.