I doubt it. datproject.org was registered two years ago, and their whitepaper was published last year https://github.com/datproject/docs/blob/master/papers/dat-pa...
Where are you getting 4 years from?
Where are you getting 4 years from?
Check out the first commit: https://github.com/datproject/dat/tree/464679267049899eafa34...
Bit more on the funding history, etc. : https://blog.datproject.org/2017/09/15/dat-funding-history/