So if I'm understanding this correctly, it is normal and common for development teams in the crypto tech space to be completely anonymous to one another? Like you don't know each other's names or anything? Really?

It's a problem when you inadvertently hire North Koreans who engineer their way into your systems to steal funds.

Software Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems. B4: Stanford EE / Illinois ECE

This is a very common occurrence unfortunately:

This is a very common occurrence unfortunately: https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-north-koreans-infiltrated-the-crypto-industry-to-fund-the-regime/