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 Ok I'll admit, Proton running a whirlpool coordinator after the Samourai arrest was not on my bingo card.
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 really??

i mean the code is out there right?
they're not going to gamble their reputation for... whatever the advantage would be... 
 Depends how it's implemented. There will need to be a self hosted component if their solution still requires xpubs. And hopefully they finish the job of decentralizing the coordinator. 
 They are talking about a client not a Coordinator. So who is the Coordinator and where will the liquidity come from? 
 I assume they would not be launching a client without a coordinator... Right? 
 Or it's a old roadmap and they thought they can use the one from SW which is down. We will see.  
 You think they forgot to update it before publishing the repo? 
 typical Proton