it's their mint so they can run it however they like.

how are you going to confirm that the federation is actually a bunch of different people? and not just one guy publishing a bunch of different keys?

and if they're known people what's to prevent regulatory pressure from being applied to them?

anybody with experience on the darknet knows that the incentives are to build up a reputation, wait until you have custody of a big pile of Bitcoin and then disappear.

really unclear how this is going to be the solution to anything.