The idea that the only valid source of info in the Chia community comes from the top down bugs me to no end. That’s not how decentralized systems work, and it stifles innovation.
This reply pretty accurately explains the risk of bootstrap downloading the blockchain to speed up syncing: Elysium Pool is releasing a blockchain bootstrap download service - #5 by elysiumpool
Regardless of whether or not you support bootstrap downloading the blockchain, which is provably safe, I would suggest that members of the community call upon the devs to come up with a much better system for syncing the blockchain, as the current system takes days on modest hardware.
Nearly every other established cryptocurrency (bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, etc.) has a preferred procedure for downloading a blockchain bootstrap.