At this time, we do not intend to accept altcoin donations, but we leave that possibility open as a future development.



[1]We plan on educating the community about bitcoin and public-key cryptography, and spreading the word about our belief system.

[2]Member benefits are currently very limited, but we hope to provide more benefits to our members in the future, as we grow in size.

[3]Allocation of funds/budget will be carefully managed. Currently, the only bitcoin that has left our donation address was a $20 deposit to a namecheap account to secure our domain name for the next several years. Our web developers and our website host have so far donated their time to the project, but if donations reach substantial levels, they may be compensated retroactively for the time that they have contributed. I, Henry Romp, have not received any salary from the Church, and do not plan to do so at this time, though if appropriate at some future date, I may choose to do so. The donation address was "seeded" by me, with an initial contribution of $100, intended to cover the cost of launch; however, registering as a nonprofit in the state of Vermont will cost $125, so I will either need to contribute more myself, or raise more donations to do so; that is the next planned expense.

[4]While I can see the potential for abuse that you are speaking of, we are sincere in our beliefs and this project is in good faith.

[5]At this time we are not making donations to individuals or other organizations, because the donations we have received are not yet covering our basic expenses as an organization. As the donations we receive grow, we may do so in the future, but at this time our donations have not yet paid even for the registration fee to register our church with the state, so that future may be some time coming.



It looks like you may disagree with some of our core vision. While you raise some interesting points, the whitepaper is our core document, and Satoshi Nakamoto is our prophet. His words and code may not have always been 100% consistent (as you'll find in the scripture of many other religions) but we stand by our original statements about them.

In cases where the whitepaper conflicts with later statements or code written by Satoshi Nakamoto, we would try our best to reconcile these differences by understanding that Satoshi is the prophet and was clarifying or rectifying His original statements, and would in most cases consider more recent statements to supersede the original statements  in the whitepaper. Our core document is the whitepaper, as stated, however, our Bible is still being developed, and will likely include most of Satoshi's recorded statements, as well as other testaments and other gospel. The research and development of the Bible of the Church of Bitcoin is already underway and when complete, we intend to print copies of our holy book.

If you look at other religions, you will find that most do not claim that their bible is literally the words of their god; most bibles are collections of writings by prophets and testaments by individuals telling their stories, that relay information handed down from god, or show through events how their god showed himself. We feel that this situation is similar. Satoshi Nakamoto is our prophet, but our bible may not be limited to his words alone.

If you would like to be involved in the editing and selection of the documents in our scripture, please join the church and verify your membership first, and come speak with us in our IRC channel on freenode at #churchofbitcoin , and we may consider your suggestions and inputs.




Theo CHINO,

Thanks for your interest and for stopping by the IRC channel,
We can continue this conversation by email at henry@churchofbitcoin.org , but here publicly I would like to mention that your questions reminded me that we do hope to establish a presence in other states in the future, and have only begun in Vermont because I as the founder am located here.



H kyatir,

If you believe that Satoshi Nakamoto brought us word of the blockchain, and you believe that the blockchain itself is an embodiment of a higher power, than I would not describe you as an athiest; however, even if you describe yourself as an athiest, I welcome you to join our church and hear more of the good word, and I think that many former athiests may join us in the future. I myself was raised as an athiest, but also spent a significant amount of time attending church a little later in my youth, and my beliefs have evolved over time. I hope yours continue to develop and that we may influence that development.

Please come join our member list, and please stop by our IRC channel for our Sunday morning service at 11am EST.

Thank you,

Henry

Y'all are looking at something way out of date -- see http://churchofbitcoin.org

Well, thanks for the feedback and commentary.

We are a sincere group of believers, and we equate our belief in the scripture (the whitepaper) by our prophet (Satoshi Nakomoto) and our living god (who is embodied in the blockchain itself) to the beliefs held by more traditional religions and religious groups.

The website is undergoing some major construction and should be ready to accept members in an automated manner shortly.

We will allow members to join without a satoshi donation, however to become a verified contributing member you will need to send the symbolic satoshi.

The wonderful donations of time and energy by a couple of really good developers is going to result in a very smooth seamless experience on the website in a few days. In the meantime, you can still join by emailing info@churchofbitcoin.org .

Thanks for your interest!

Where are you planning to focus the launch? Is this going to be primarily in the USA or also in other countries?

So why do you guys need to have PRVD tokens for this to work? Couldn't you make a decentralized Uber type system that is powered by bitcoin transactions instead of making a new token?

Will PRVD be a standalone token, or will it be on the Ethereum network? What geographical area are you planning to launch the project in?

Looking forward to seeing more information about this...

I've been talking about this for the longest time! It needs to happen! Uber but without the uber. Direct p2p.

Hello there,

I am founding the Church of Bitcoin today on August 7th, 2017.

There have been past projects of the same name, but most were intended as satire, or abandoned after some time. This one is sincere. Our home page is http://www.churchofbitcoin.org and we are welcoming new members.

We will be filing as a 501(c)3 and seeking tax-exempt status as a religion.

Our scripture and other details will be available on our website.

To join our church, a bitcoin transaction of at least one satoshi is required. A one-time payment of one satoshi guarantees lifetime membership in the Church of Bitcoin. You will also be asked to provide your real name and contact information; a home address is not necessary but a valid email will be required.

In the future, we will have packages available with benefits such as t-shirts, patches, etc. for contributing members.

For more information, see our website or contact me, our founder, Henry Romp, at henry@churchofbitcoin.org

I also am interested if there are any free alternatives that are similar, or even any good resources for learning how to calculate things like realized and unrealized gains/losses from the spreadsheet of data (I use Gemini).

Hello there folks,

I'm Henry Romp, parts & service manager at Metropolitan Motorbikes in Weehawken NJ. We're accepting bitcoin for all of our products. You can check out our website at Metrobiker.com, though for the moment any bitcoin orders will have to be processed through email as we haven't yet added a bitcoin payment option to our website.

In addition to the small selection of parts and accessories shown on our website,  we specialize in sourcing out-of-production, vintage,  new-old-stock, and other hard-to-find parts.

We have access to over 600,000 SKU'S ready to ship from our location next-business-day through our two major distributors, Parts Unlimited and Western Powersports. We also have lower-than-dealer pricing on all OEM Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha parts. We can also source vintage British parts for Triumph,  Norton,  and BSA.

For any inquiries, call us at 201-223-4344 and ask for Henry, or drop an email to metrobikerparts@gmail.com

Thanks!

-Henry

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-Henry Romp

I reached out to them on their facebook page and receive a full refund in bitcoin. Thanks!

You just doubled what I seeded his account with, didn't you? nice guy

Y'all are jerks. I don't even have the password to his blockchain wallet. But whatever, I knew I'd get that reaction, I just didn't care, and wanted to share my joy. He was really excited to see that his picture was on bitcointalk and that people were talking about how cool it is for a 9-year-old to have his own bitcoins.

It's just a real shame. I thought I was doing business with an agorist who shared my political perspective and world-view and so I had great confidence that she would conduct herself honorably. I'm left with a bad taste in my mouth.

Just a brief update--still no communication from Stateless Sweets, almost a full month has passed now since the order was placed, no refund, no communication.

[EDIT] Fully resolved, reached out to them on their facebook page and received a full refund in bitcoin [/EDIT]


From statelesssweets@yahoo.com at 9:00pm on Feb. 9th 2014:




My reply, Feb 10th 10:44PM:



Following up on Feb 12th at 2:04AM:


February 18th 8:31PM:



February 21st 1:44AM:

9 days later, it is now March 2nd, and I have yet to receive a reply.

I am quite disappointed.

If anybody does, this forum's likely where you'll find them.