Quote from: melvster on June 23, 2013, 05:54:54 PM

I was thinking about joining this ... but if they are breaking the law, that's a disincentive.

Perhaps we should find a way to give donations without going through a third party ...

There's this fabulous new tech thing called Bitcoin. You should check it out sometime.

Quote from: btceic on June 23, 2013, 05:14:22 PM

Quote from: jgarzik on June 23, 2013, 05:03:33 PM

It would be a loss for all if the Bitcoin Foundation goes away.

It would be a huge loss IMO as well.

Not hardly. On the balance of things the pretenders have done marginally more damage than useful things for BTC, and that before the recent nonsense.

Quote from: jgarzik on June 23, 2013, 05:03:33 PM

Most of the forum idiots here do not seem to realize that the Bitcoin Foundation is taking slings and arrows on behalf of others, fighting for bitcoin acceptance.

When you fight for bitcoin, people fight back.

It would be a loss for all if the Bitcoin Foundation goes away.

Most people here DO realize that the pretend-foundation has a chairman that's also the treasurer.

Most people here DO realize that the pretend-foundation has been swindling the community out of "donations", but it has yet to publish its finances.

Most people here DO realize that the pretend-foundation has no particular relation to Bitcoin, but it is using the pretense of such a relation to sell "credibility" to various scams. Like MtGox, like BFL, like etc.

What some people here do not realize (and yes I mean you) is that by standing up for scammers you end up just as fucked as they are. Find a better hobby.