BFL creates new charity project to donate 1000 BTC to [ROFL!]

[k9quaint]

He doesn't have a piece of paper from the dot-gov declaring him a registered religion, if that's what you're asking...

So he is not a charity. Thanks for clearing that up.

[wrenchmonkey]

Just an FYI I did indeed get 10BTC donated to me about an hour ago.

That's nice, but are you a "charity"?

He's donated a shit-ton of work, time, and intellectual property to the bitcoin community, if that's what you're asking...

He doesn't have a piece of paper from the dot-gov declaring him a registered religion, if that's what you're asking...

A trade of hardware for software isn't a donation, IMHO.

Having the hardware on hand in order to be able to program software to make the fucking thing work is not a trade. Mighty difficult to develop software for hardware you don't have available.

Nor has the sum of Kano and other CGMiner developers work even REMOTELY fit into building software drivers for the Jalapeno...

But go on ahead with that sourpuss approach of yours, if that's what feels right. Because I doubt whether BFL or the CGMiner team give a fuck how you feel about it.

[wrenchmonkey]

He doesn't have a piece of paper from the dot-gov declaring him a registered religion, if that's what you're asking...

So he is not a charity. Thanks for clearing that up.

Let me clear something else up for you as well: Recipients FROM charities are very rarely charities themselves. The whole purpose of charities is to distribute funding to various people/projects. If you donate money to a mosquito net charity, they're not gonna buy the mosquito nets to be passed from one charity to another like a game of hot potato, they're gonna give it to, *GASP* a PERSON! A person who is NOT a charity!

What does that do, does that blow your mind? 

[PuertoLibre]

Thats not how the IRS sees it.

[wrenchmonkey]

And yet, I couldn't give a fuck less about the IRS' point of view on the matter. They're a bunch of thugs and slave drivers, and political vendetta and campaign errand boys for the current administration. Zero fucks given about the IRS' opinion on this matter, which has precicely NOTHING to do with them.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

And yet, I couldn't give a fuck less about the IRS' point of view on the matter. They're a bunch of thugs and slave drivers, and political vendetta and campaign errand boys for the current administration. Zero fucks given about the IRS' opinion on this matter, which has precicely NOTHING to do with them.

For the IRS reps playing at home, wenchmonkey is Josh Zerlan who's on record for stating the same vile toward your fine establishment.

If you don't believe me, have the NSA check the logs of this forum that they have on file.

[PuertoLibre]

And yet, I couldn't give a fuck less about the IRS' point of view on the matter. They're a bunch of thugs and slave drivers, and political vendetta and campaign errand boys for the current administration. Zero fucks given about the IRS' opinion on this matter, which has precicely NOTHING to do with them.

Why are you always so angry?

Relax and calm down a bit.

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Please!

[wrenchmonkey]

And yet, I couldn't give a fuck less about the IRS' point of view on the matter. They're a bunch of thugs and slave drivers, and political vendetta and campaign errand boys for the current administration. Zero fucks given about the IRS' opinion on this matter, which has precicely NOTHING to do with them.

For the IRS reps playing at home, wenchmonkey is Josh Zerlan who's on record for stating the same vile toward your fine establishment.

If you don't believe me, have the NSA check the logs of this forum that they have on file.

More proof that you don't ever let facts have any bearing on your statements.

Why would it matter what I, or anybody else, have to say about the IRS, it wasn't already pretty well accepted that they're a bunch of goons and thieves?

[k9quaint]

And yet, I couldn't give a fuck less about the IRS' point of view on the matter. They're a bunch of thugs and slave drivers, and political vendetta and campaign errand boys for the current administration. Zero fucks given about the IRS' opinion on this matter, which has precicely NOTHING to do with them.

For the IRS reps playing at home, wenchmonkey is Josh Zerlan who's on record for stating the same vile toward your fine establishment.

If you don't believe me, have the NSA check the logs of this forum that they have on file.

More proof that you don't ever let facts have any bearing on your statements.

Why would it matter what I, or anybody else, have to say about the IRS, it wasn't already pretty well accepted that they're a bunch of goons and thieves?

Funny how the defender(s) of BFL never seems to want to follow the law, or even acknowledge that it exists.
Telling.

[Syke]

Just an FYI I did indeed get 10BTC donated to me about an hour ago.

That's nice, but are you a "charity"?

He's donated a shit-ton of work, time, and intellectual property to the bitcoin community, if that's what you're asking...

He doesn't have a piece of paper from the dot-gov declaring him a registered religion, if that's what you're asking...

BFL is the one claiming to be donating to charity. If they were going to donate the 1000 btc to the community, or to random people, or something else, then they should have said so. But they promised to donate the 1000 btc to "charity". I don't care if Kano is Satoshi himself. He is *not* a charity. All "donations" to non-charities need to be removed from their fake charity page.

[wrenchmonkey]

And yet, I couldn't give a fuck less about the IRS' point of view on the matter. They're a bunch of thugs and slave drivers, and political vendetta and campaign errand boys for the current administration. Zero fucks given about the IRS' opinion on this matter, which has precicely NOTHING to do with them.

For the IRS reps playing at home, wenchmonkey is Josh Zerlan who's on record for stating the same vile toward your fine establishment.

If you don't believe me, have the NSA check the logs of this forum that they have on file.

More proof that you don't ever let facts have any bearing on your statements.

Why would it matter what I, or anybody else, have to say about the IRS, it wasn't already pretty well accepted that they're a bunch of goons and thieves?

Funny how the defender(s) of BFL never seems to want to follow the law, or even acknowledge that it exists.
Telling.

I pay my taxes, I follow the law, I acknowledge it exists. Why do you always try and twist things into something they're not?

I also just happen to acknowledge that slavery is not a proper system. Some people are okay with it, I'm not, however, that ALSO has nothing to do with whether or not BFL's donations are going to noble causes... The IRS is about as much an expert on noble causes, as the Pope is an expert on astrophysics.

[wrenchmonkey]

Just an FYI I did indeed get 10BTC donated to me about an hour ago.

That's nice, but are you a "charity"?

He's donated a shit-ton of work, time, and intellectual property to the bitcoin community, if that's what you're asking...

He doesn't have a piece of paper from the dot-gov declaring him a registered religion, if that's what you're asking...

BFL is the one claiming to be donating to charity. If they were going to donate the 1000 btc to the community, or to random people, or something else, then they should have said so. But they promised to donate the 1000 btc to "charity". I don't care if Kano is Satoshi himself. He is *not* a charity. All "donations" to non-charities need to be removed from their fake charity page.

No, BFL created their own charity, which claims to be donating to causes that benefit the bitcoin community, and other humanitarian projects. They already created and donated to a charity, now they're putting the donations to work, since that's what charities do...

[k9quaint]

Just an FYI I did indeed get 10BTC donated to me about an hour ago.

That's nice, but are you a "charity"?

He's donated a shit-ton of work, time, and intellectual property to the bitcoin community, if that's what you're asking...

He doesn't have a piece of paper from the dot-gov declaring him a registered religion, if that's what you're asking...

BFL is the one claiming to be donating to charity. If they were going to donate the 1000 btc to the community, or to random people, or something else, then they should have said so. But they promised to donate the 1000 btc to "charity". I don't care if Kano is Satoshi himself. He is *not* a charity. All "donations" to non-charities need to be removed from their fake charity page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGfNSitVQFM

BFL creating their own charity, donating to themselves, then paying their contractors with it. Quite the song and dance routine.

[wrenchmonkey]

Just an FYI I did indeed get 10BTC donated to me about an hour ago.

That's nice, but are you a "charity"?

He's donated a shit-ton of work, time, and intellectual property to the bitcoin community, if that's what you're asking...

He doesn't have a piece of paper from the dot-gov declaring him a registered religion, if that's what you're asking...

BFL is the one claiming to be donating to charity. If they were going to donate the 1000 btc to the community, or to random people, or something else, then they should have said so. But they promised to donate the 1000 btc to "charity". I don't care if Kano is Satoshi himself. He is *not* a charity. All "donations" to non-charities need to be removed from their fake charity page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGfNSitVQFM

BFL creating their own charity, donating to themselves, then paying their contractors with it. Quite the song and dance routine.

And you'll get to sharing those contracts when, exactly? You seem to have personal knowledge of these alleged contracts. Please share them with the rest of us.

[Syke]

No, BFL created their own charity

Actually, no. The "Bitcoin Development Fund" is not a charity.

[k9quaint]

No, BFL created their own charity

Actually, no. The "Bitcoin Development Fund" is not a charity.

Your facts have no power over the Dancing Queen!

Even if you go to http://www.guidestar.org/SearchResults.aspx and search for Bitcoin Development Fund and find nothing, it will not phase him in the slightest.  

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Dear IRS

I have a friend who's still on probation and he wants to know if it's okay for his company to create a "Development Fund" to launder a crypto-currency.

[k9quaint]

Dear IRS

I have a friend who's still on probation and he wants to know if it's okay for his company to create a "Development Fund" to launder a crypto-currency.

DHS is in charge of money laundering now. At least, that is what they said when they went after LibertyReserve and Mt. Gox/Dwolla.
Clearly, the DHS will always make good choices when it comes to prosecuting Bitcoin related companies. 

[wrenchmonkey]

No, BFL created their own charity

Actually, no. The "Bitcoin Development Fund" is not a charity.

No, it's not a tax-shelter. Tax shelter =/= charity.

[PeZ]

Is Butterfly Labs registered as a business entity? And in what state? Didn't come up in a Kansas search.