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Re: [ANN] Bitcoin Foundation Board Election Details Announced
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FCTaiChi
on 19/08/2013, 21:44:42 UTC
Quote from: RodeoX on August 19, 2013, 07:58:35 PM
Quote from: FCTaiChi on August 19, 2013, 07:46:27 PM
Quote from: theymos on July 13, 2013, 04:24:35 AM
I'm not a fan of democracy, and this position isn't particularly important, but this election should be pretty interesting. It'll be the first big election in the Bitcoin ecosystem. There should be a lot of nice drama. Smiley
Don't worry, it's not a democracy when you have to buy in to vote, and you can pay $100k for your own board seat. 
Oh wait it's modeled on real rather than ideal democracy.  Never mind, you're right!
The only thing that the candidates are running for is the opportunity to work their asses off. Your comments suggest you have a better idea that doesn't cost money. Do tell.
I understand that there are many people gunning for TBF right now.  With no other context I would have gotten that impression myself.  Glad you said something.  I was more being playful with Theymos about his word choice than trying to dig TBF.  
I think that ultimately the community will need to find a way to fund the developers separately from any political action, as to avoid conflict in the basic design process.  This doesn't mean that TBF is superfluous or sinister.

As far as your financial matters, I am fine with however it needs to be done in your situation.  If you take offense to me saying that a pay wall is undemocratic then technically you are right.  There have always been restrictions to voting.

There may be a more direct way to pay for things related directly to development, there have been many proposals.  A recent one I saw was:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=210130.msg2209663#msg2209663