Re: I just paid the $100K USD via BTC to become a Platinum Member of TBF.
AFAIK, no one has been able to prove anyone has paid a membership fee...the foundation doesn't publish a privacy violating list of payers / identities & addresses...duh. The expectation that large membership fees would be paid in a single tx is a bit misguided, imho.
Well, I had understood that they promised to accept donations only through a specific address, precisely so that everybody could check their accounting.
But that is indeed an interesting philosophical question: how can we get to trust a Foundation devoted to the cause of a trustless anonymous payment system.
That is, when they refuse to earn your trust by their actions and provide weasely excuses. Better stated, someone arguing for their policy on this thread does so, BTF itself remains silent. The receipt of a string of payments to a pay to address by a charity or non profit is in fact proof of their work. The payment of a single sum by one donating/joining is in fact proof of work.
One should of course use a different sending address each time, if desired. This is so elementary. Bg002h seems to advocate something different.
Very interesting indeed. Relations with the F would have to be trustless, given the circumstances.
I will give the benefit of the doubt and assume both P and P are Platinum.