The CEO of signal messenger LLC was/is the CTO of MOB.
See https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/mm6nad/bought_mobil... and https://www.wired.com/story/signal-mobilecoin-payments-messa...
But in Edit 4 of the Reddit post it says
> Also, the extended whitepaper wrongly cites Moxie as chief technology officer, while he is the technical advisor.
On top of that, this whitepaper that's being passed around is a forgery with 1.5 pages of factually incorrect information.
The Wired article you link isn't even really critical, it just matter-of-factly explains the feature and it's back story.
> Signal's choice of MobileCoin is no surprise for anyone watching the cryptocurrency's development since it launched in late 2017. Marlinspike has served as a paid technical adviser for the project since its inception, and he's worked with Goldbard to design MobileCoin's mechanics with a possible future integration into apps like Signal in mind. (Marlinspike notes, however, that neither he nor Signal own any MobileCoins.)
It seems like you're trying conclusions based on lies you read 2nd or 3rd hand and didn't bother to verify. The reddit post you linked to would be received very differently depending on when you read it since it's been edited numerous times with addendums refuting earlier claims. Only by reading from beginning to end with all edits can you start to see a clear picture. Even then the picture I see is someone backpedaling a lot of false claims they made.