there is no proof there was nor no proof there wasn't correct, but being a cynical person, and understanding the fact that both zooko and matthew greene wanted to put a backdoor in the encryption for law encforcement, the israeli developers, and then the whole trusted setup thing which really never went away despite what zcucks will tell you, makes me think this was an intentional inflation bug which was purposely exploited for a long time and only recently came to light. my circumstantial evidence case here would probably hold up in court