IMO i2p integration was the right choice. I2P actively encourages P2P traffic, while on Tor it would put a lot more load on the more centralized routing nodes.
Also tens of thousands are practically nothing. The general fund currently holds more than 22 millions USD worth of monero.
They sunk tens of thousands of community dollars into i2p integration instead of simply using Tor.
Multi-sig was totally impractical last time I looked.
Can't comment on atomic-swaps though. If that works that would make it useful.
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