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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Bitcoin Security Standards Audit [BSSA]
by
opet
on 05/03/2014, 06:21:45 UTC
There may need to be a hybrid approach, or perhaps an entirely new compliance organization started with Bitcoin developers and security experts.  As an example of such an individual, Andreas Antonopoulos recently did security checks for companies like Coinbase and Mt. Gox.
I tweeted Andreas the other day with a similar idea following his audit of Coinbase.  Unfortunately, he never responded (I definitely respect that he's a busy guy, so I won't hold that against him... lol).

My idea is to solicit the community for experts to step forward, be vetted by the community itself, and then get selected at random to participate in such audits.  I haven't fleshed out the entire concept, but it seems to me that this type of voluntary self-regulation would be a perfect fit for the bitcoin ecosystem.

I'd gladly throw my hat (and my resume) into the ring if this idea gains reaction.