They get paid by information and a actual accurate timeline of events. Would not doubt shares but not sure who would be willing to put their name on it. That is unless they created a entity like a consulting firm etc for anonymity 😉 or a LLC.
One better than that… I would not put it past the crew loading T1 then approaching Nate with the pitch and writing the whole plan like a fiction novel. Scratching each other’s backs the entire way. Writing the press release and the whole nine yards for him. Plugging in all the pieces to the puzzle from the roledex of scum they surround themselves with . Intro John Park. He has a history of these things.