Not mentioned: Kedlaya was Mochizuki&#x27;s student and then later his teaching assistant back in &#x27;92-&#x27;94 (for a tough course[1]). Mochizuki hasn&#x27;t had that many students; Kedlaya might be one of a few to have an advantage in understanding his approach.<p>The bad news is that the new participants seem to have made no progress on the IUT papers themselves. But the good news is that some substantial progress was made on the background material, and that there are some folks still interested in continuing.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Math_55" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Math_55</a>