Of course not. It fits the accepted "hot fusion" paradigm. Have you studied the stories of Bockris, Hagelstein, Taleyarkhan yet?? Lots of evidence for suppression. But, you just can't be bothered to actually look at the facts.
This doesn't prove or disprove Rossi if it succeeds or fails. I hope people realize that. Rossi said he misled them and Defkalion said they found the catalyst on their own and from what I've seen of Defkalions Hyperion, it is a different animal in configuration, I have no idea if it runs on the same exact principle as Rossi's.
The good part is this seems to separate the two companies so that the elaborate scams that included both aren't applicable.
I do know who is going to make a ton of moolah off of this and Rossi, attorneys, fighting over either the catalyst, or Rossi breaking off the contractor finally, the disparaging remarks Rossi made about Defklalion (you know attorneys), they'll use anything they can get their hands on. Rossi will say that Defkalion stole his catalyst which might be mitigated by him also saying he misled them.
Sit back and enjoy the ride. I hope they both work, that doesn't mean I think they will.
The same applies to muon catalyzed cold fusion. The only real paradigm is, like I said, one group has scammers claiming to produce net energy.