Reply to 'Is $MgB_2$ a superconductor? Comment on 'Evidence Against Superconductivity in Flux Trapping Experiments on Hydrides Under High Pressure' '

The preceding Comment [1], previously posted as arXiv:2312.04495 [2], on our paper J. Supercond. Nov. Mag. 35, 3141 (2022) [3] provides a welcome opportunity to clarify what we understand to be pervading misconceptions by Eremets, Minkov and coauthors in regard to our analysis [3] of their trapped flux experiments in hydrides under pressure [4]. We hope that this Reply [5] will help readers interested in hydride superconductivity sort out between different claims and counterclaims in the literature and inform their views based on verifiable facts.
Comment: Submitted to Physica C as Reply to a Comment on J. Supercond. Nov. Mag. 35, 3141 (2022) submitted to Physica C and posted as arXiv:2312.04495