Same guys bitvm, defi stuff, and others who wants to turn Bitcoin to ethereum shit. Just look at their fancy, X company accounts..
Alpen is the same mind. These are applied anywhere? Battletested ? Just a complex layer (god knows how many attack vectors and vulnerabilities)
Only cryptographic ideas on paper, funded by VC like never ending lightning network. How is it superior to MimbleWimble??, it has been implemented various projects.
Mimblewimble is simple and elegant, it is math. Math > Cryptography. Which is secure ? Which one is crackable ?
The point is embedding data on blockchain, opening the door for legal disputes. Bitcoin cant have privacy with additional layers.
But hey maybe you are right, those VC are all goverment cypherpunks, want to save bitcoin 