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 doesn’t feel uncommon for projects that are bootstrapped…

companies that have reasons to deal with some legal institutions (e.g. establishing a legal entity and raising venture capital) tend to find reasons to deal with others (payroll, employment law, tax withholding, etc). bootstrapped projects usually find themselves more time to figure these things out.