Quote from: Syke on September 28, 2012, 05:06:54 AM

Quote from: Gavin Andresen on September 27, 2012, 10:18:51 AM

Q: The Foundation is a corporation, and corporations (especially US corporations) are evil.

OK. So don't join-- go form your own non-corporate non-evil organization, or just ignore the Foundation and do whatever you think is right.

So what is the Bitcoin Foundation? Where is it incorporated? Is it a non-profit? Who owns it? Where are its bylaws?

The Foundation runs itself. No one owns it. It's a registered non-profit based in DC and holds elections.

In 2 years from now, the board could be completely new. You could be on it.

Quote from: kiba on September 28, 2012, 04:41:44 AM

Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on September 28, 2012, 04:32:08 AM

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Unfortunately, whatever is determined to pay Gavin, the current remaining four will want the same compensation, if not more depending on the average salary standards of their respected trade. Then you have a couple other seats available, with those filling them expecting the same. And finally there's the pseudonym seat. Surely he's deserves the same wage. So let's do the math. Eight seats times a respectable salary of $50,000 USD/year equals $400,000 USD/year.

Somebody check my work.

~Bruno~

Why do you assume that they're getting compensated for filling up those seats?

I agree with this Bruno. I know you to not assume things, this one included. The key of the foundation is to pay for the core dev team.

Right now, all the core devs are not paid and doing this on their free or extra time. Hell, one of the core devs works for Google!

Bitcoin code needs QA very quickly, and getting some badass talent working on Bitcoin

Quote from: misterbigg on September 28, 2012, 04:09:09 AM

Quote from: ChrisKoss on September 28, 2012, 04:07:03 AM

What makes you think the Bitcoin Foundation is the "official spokesman" of Bitcoin?

Me personally, I don't think that the Bitcoin Foundation is the official mouthpiece of Bitcoin but it seems almost a certainty that anyone who does not know anything about Bitcoin and stumbles across "The Bitcoin Foundation" is going to make the assumption that they invented the protocol and have complete control over it.

How dare you make that assumption. In fact, the opposite is true.

Everyone knows Satoshi invented Bitcoin.

-Charlie