( spellcheck etcnot working, typing thru an app-sorry about the grammar )
This "foundation" doesn't represent me (or us seemingly) and from what I've gathered is a foundation of self serving individuals using this entity as a second level marketing tool for their own personal or business interests (or both) and are probably leveraged in for the simple reason they just got the domain name first....
If this is not the case then what ARE they doing with all the money and perks they are collecting for memberships with this non taxable .org ?
((Same question asked about what Mark Karpeles (of the mt gox swindle) did with everyones money? ))
These bitcoin foundation memberships are pricey ranging from $100,000 on down .... You would think that at that level of membership fees (that only allow you to volunteer and not to vote) that the foundation would be well known as helpful in the community and not in question about what they are doing for their fees and the perks received from these self appointed positions...
I originally thought the Bitcoin foundation was an org that was members voted in by the bitcoin community .... It's not...
>Per their website it's a "foundation" that charges for membership so people can "provide input on foundation initiatives, join a committee, or volunteer" (?pay to help)
but yet it also says "you can [only] do so by donating" it then goes on "but note that donors do not receive member voting rights or other benefits" (
)
And yet goes on "to promote transparency and enforce fair voting procedures we require a real name and address for all members" (
)... What?...
-cant we do that for free in the forums?
>So its pay to be a volunteer and give them free input but have no voting rights or other benefits?? AND give personal info for voting rights you don't have
Hmmm sounds pricey to me.. (No wonder their forum has only 1423 people)
And yet why is it that people are asking "what have they actually done?"....shouldnt we already know?...maybe the community should get Bitcoin-foundation (with a dash) and incorporate the top forums into a btc voted comittitee of people voted in by the community for the community....(my first vote goes to Andreas Antonopoulos)
And why was the king pin of mt gox (mark karpeles) a member for so long during that extended mess? Per their website he was one of the founding members of this "foundation" !! (??)
And now that there is a vacant seat open at the "foundation" the only ones who can vote are the few original members -people at the top of the hierarchy, *Not the paying members OR the community-???
The website says: "to help people exchange resources and ideas freely" but we can do that for free on forums like this one and reddit etc without being charged or under the jurisdiction of a centralized "foundation"committee.... And isn't decentralization a major tenet of Bitcoin? A non hierarchical system that makes everyone equal ... Not a closed centralized system you have to pay to be in, and that gives paying members no actual vote to steer where it goes; votes reserved for self appointed committee members ...
......the people in the bitcoin community that are really helping and guiding are being noticed for what they actually do (and aren't charging for bragging rights)
-google Andreas Antonopoulos as an example and listen to him for free!!!
and be inspired by someone with the true spirit of bitcoin the protocol!
and then go out and to the forums for free and voice your opinion......!!!!!
One of the things I like about Bitcoin and forums and social media is that you can freely give content and ideas out to the world and immediately get back feedback - but first you give- then people either give back positive or negative feedback -ie upvote or downvote or even give donations ...but the giving comes first ...
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What does this website "foundation" (that was originally started my Mark Karpeles) have to do or not with what happened regarding mtgox
And why are they so grateful to him /yet don't mention he is the one who actually bought the domain originally??
What are these guys doing and why do we need a 'pay for' hierachical and self appointed centralized "foundation" in specifically non centralized community???
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