I suspect that TBF is becoming too overpowered, because they launched a few projects to get influence over millions newbies. And I don't believe in their good intentions.
First of all I'll tell u how I came to this conclusion...
Some time ago I visited the Bitcoincard site and noticed disinformation:
After a while I met similar disinformation again:
I found it via this topic:
I used WHOIS service to get info about the owner of BITCOINCARD.ORG:
Then I googled "Thomas Holzinger" and found:
The very 1st post showed:
I checked NEFTVODKA.COM and saw "Thomas Holzinger" again:
Skimming thru the topic let me to find links between BitInstant and Erik:
I googled more and found other proof of the link:
I returned back to Bitcoincard:
And read that blog:
Here is the picture at the bottom of the blog:
The same ppl are founders and directors of TBF:
I think that all these ppl (Charlie, Erik, Gavin and the other) are trying to mislead newbies. Bitcoincard is a big step towards Bitcoin popularity. Backed by "Foundation" it will definitely get almost 100% spreading among future bitcoiners. This will let owners of Bitcoincard (mentioned ppl) to "write" any amounts on the cards making bitcoins out of thin air. Then we'll face fractional-reserve banking and other "nice" features of real-world banking system.