To my best knowledge: Yes!
~forum's domain is controlled by me. Should theymos disappear, I really have no idea who to even consider as bitcointalk.org's legitimate leader (even more so if there's widespread disagreement on the topic).
If the treasurers and forum staff are interested, we can collectively sign a contract agreeing on some sort of process to agree on a person to lead the forum should theymos disappear, and pledge to obey and follow that persons instructions in order to avoid splits or multiple organizations/sites claiming to be the real BitcoinTalk. Is that a good idea?
Since theymos became the only
head administrator left to maintain the forum to date, it's his right to lead the forum, if the treasurers and forum staff have to choose, I believe it will be that way.
But I do agree if there is a contract agreement between you Cøbra and theymos, it feels like both of you are not close, better if you two be a friend or cooperation partner.
I never really hear any feedback on this arrangement from anyone though, the little feedback I have got so far suggests people appreciate that multiple parties have differing levels of control over the forum. The forum is not my top priority since I focus more on bitcoin.org, so if anyone has the feeling they would prefer theymos being fully responsible for bitcointalk.org, it would be good to at least hear that opinion expressed.
Theymos should respond to this.
yes, it's better to have different levels of control over the forum, I like the forum to run the way it is now.
I really appreciate you Cøbra (Jeff Garzik) as a person who has invented the forum's name "bitcointalk", bought the domain and most importantly "trusted by Satoshi". Hence, you deserve to have the title a "forum's founder", side by side with
Satoshi.
a question; are you the one who (have the right/created) this account ?? >
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=11. I don't know him personally. He was made a forum and server admin back in 2010 because he had proven himself trustworthy and was able to spend time working on it. Bitcoin.org and bitcointalk.org domains are owned by someone trusted by Satoshi, while theymos has management rights. I resigned from the management, because I'm not active in the community and don't want to be involved in the politics. I don't want to say too much about the debate, as I'm not that familiar with all that's going on.
and finally bitcointalk.org. Fun fact: The name "bitcointalk" was invented by Jeff Garzik, and he's the one who bought the domain.