EFF Donation Thread [800 bitcoins and counting with 520 donated]

[kiba]

Let donate to everyone's favorite freedom defender, the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

I pledge 10 bitcoins and will donate as soon as someone act as escrow.

List of pledges:

1. Kiba - 10 btc
2. gridecon - 10 btc
3. dejayl - 10 btc
4. bootfast - 10 btc
5. silverman - 50 btc
6. hugolp - 10 btc
7. biomike - 35 btc
8. ichi - 50 btc 100 btc actually.
9. ledskof - 50 btc
10. Rhorning - 10 btc
11. em3rgentOrdr - 15 btc
12. bitcoindonor - 100 btc
Special conditions:

1. noagendamarket - 50 btc if EFF set up its own bitcoin node for people to pay them.
2. dejayl - 90 btc if EFF set up a bitcoin donation button.
3. Fairchild - 50 btc if EFF mentions bitcoin
4. gridecon - 50 btc if noagendamarket is satisifed, and 90 btc if there is a bitcoin donation button.
5. semyazza - 200 btc if gridecon is satisfied.


Additional donation:

1. noagendamarket - 100 btc
2. guybrush - 10 btc
Total pledged: 800 BTC

[gridecon]

I also pledge 10 bitcoins. I think it would be great to make the EFF aware of Bitcoin, because it seems like exactly the kind of project that they would understand and support. In the (sadly) likely event of future legal issues involving the status of bitcoins, it would be good if the major players in the world of electronic freedom and free software had previous knowledge and understood the project's goals.

[sirius]

I actually talked about Bitcoin with the EFF chairman a few days ago, he said it sounds cool and forwarded the link to some other EFF people.

[kiba]

Only one other pledge? We can do better than this, people!

[QuantumMechanic]

Count me in for 10 BTC.

[kiba]

We now have 30 bitcoins pledge! Let get the ball rolling!

[bootfast]

add me for 10 btc

[kiba]

add me for 10 btc

Thanks for your donations!

Everyone, we got 40 bitcoins in total pledge! Keep going!

[Anonymous]

I will donate 50 bitcoins if the eff sets up its own bitcoin client to pay them too.

[kiba]

We got a big jump to 90 bitcoins with noagendamarket. 

Keep them coming folks. Show your appreciation for EFF for protecting our electronic freedom.

[QuantumMechanic]

An extra 90 if they put up a donation button on their website.

[kiba]

Any more donations? Anybody want to volunteer as escrow?

[Fairchild]

This is a great idea. Not only does it raise interest within the EFF ranks, but it also has the ability to bring more attention to Bitcoin if EFF does happen to really enjoy the idea.

I'll pledge 50 BTC if EFF mentions Bitcoin in public. Whether it be their website, twitter, donation button...whatever.

[gridecon]

I'm liking how this is going, and I've been meaning to donate to EFF for awhile, so I'll put some more skin in the game. I am going to match both noagendamarket's and dejayl's pledges and conditions - so that is another 140 bitcoins pledged from me. Same conditions as their donations - 50 if they setup a node, an additional 90 if they add a 'donate bitcoins' button somewhere on their website.

[imnichol]

As I'm trying to start an escrow service anyway, I'll volunteer my services if they're needed, although it would be even sweeter if they accepted bitcoins on their website.

[silverman]

Excellent proposal! I'll pledge 50 Bitcoins.

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[kiba]

We're at 420 bitcoins now!

But we need to set a goal.

How many bitcoins this thread should try to raise?

[semyazza]

200 Bitcoins if they setup a node and post a donate button.

[hugolp]

Add another 10 here.

[kiba]

Recounted. It was 540 instead of 630. 


Any more donors?