Yea, that was a quote from Feb 6th, which was before the mechanics of how it would be paid was known. So I am not surprised that anyone got the details wrong. The RFCs and David’s later posts cleared it up some months later.
So yes we didn’t know back then and that is why he did not get an answer, because we did not know for sure.
Actually I didn’t consider anything like that, I just wanted to ensure any readers got the current correct information so that the question doesn’t keep getting asked. Accept my apologies for not realising you were asking a question rather then using the mod’s post as support of a position.