Let's imagine a scenario that could result from this:
1. DJB criticizes NIST and other standardization institutes and their curve selection choices
2. CFRG fails to recommend a curve (or a suite of curves) for TLS WG
3. Microsoft refuses to adopt Curve25519
4. Everyone else does
5. Interop problems
6. ?????
7. Everyone who has to clean up after this is aligned strongly towards standardization processes.
That's how they are a problem.
(For the record: This isn't a conspiracy theory, I don't think anyone wants this to happen and is actively trying to manipulate things to make it happen, it's merely a hypothesis on what could happen.)
1. DJB criticizes NIST and other standardization institutes and their curve selection choices
2. CFRG fails to recommend a curve (or a suite of curves) for TLS WG
3. Microsoft refuses to adopt Curve25519
4. Everyone else does
5. Interop problems
6. ?????
7. Everyone who has to clean up after this is aligned strongly towards standardization processes.
That's how they are a problem.
(For the record: This isn't a conspiracy theory, I don't think anyone wants this to happen and is actively trying to manipulate things to make it happen, it's merely a hypothesis on what could happen.)