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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Can anyone make sure the ALS foundation gets their Bitcoins?
by
BenOnceAgain
on 28/03/2018, 13:59:15 UTC
That would be an awesome thing to do.  Surely somebody has that wallet.

I wanted to provide an update on this, was reminded today on reading a tweet about Hal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArminVanBitcoin/status/978988642923409408

I never heard back from the Bitcoin Foundation's email about the fund/address, so I'm going to reach out to the Board members directly. I also posted on the Twitter thread I linked above.  Hopefully, it will jog someone's memory.  I did just check the address and the coins appear to still be there.

Also did not hear back from the ALS foundation but as I understand it now, they were not direct recipients of BTC and probably didn't have the key, it's likely that someone at the Bitcoin Foundation converted to fiat and sent them the donation in that form.

I will keep you all posted if I learn anything more.  The link to a message from Hal in the tweet above is very powerful.  Read it if you are able, helps to keep things in perspective.

Best,
Ben