He already started a new company. Amoveo

A scalable blockchain for financial derivatives. Optimized for scalability via smart contracts inside state-channels. Has a build-in oracle for integration with real-world data. Written in Erlang.

https://github.com/zack-bitcoin/amoveo

If his mental state of enthusiasm for working in this field is not completely wrecked by this occurrence... Your github is inspiring work Zack - I've ran across it several times in the past - I hope you get paid reasonably somehow or whatever you need to be happy.