Nothing is known about the funding of that company. We dont know what your motives are.
Monetas is funded by investors. Mostly from outside the US, so far completely without involving venture capitalists.
It's been a lot harder than it should have been, because Monetas was apparently the only company not building a scamcoin for the VCs to pump and dump.
The OT network voting trusts escrow everyones bitcoins so are a form of trust. Should we trust you. You dont have to answer.. just illustrating the sorts of questions you're asking so you can think about them and see the perspective on the receiving end.
I've spent a considerable amount of time documenting what we are building, exactly what kind of trust model is involved, and have been consciously meticulous about making realistic claims about the security guarantees.
The fact that you're trolling me like this just means you haven't bothered to read any of it.
Anyway Daniel Krawisz view
I'm willing to bet that I see Daniel in person far more frequently, and am more involved with the brainstorming leading up to his articles, that you are.
You know not to troll you, but Justus you also work for a for profit company - Monetas/Open Transactions - right? Nothing is known about the funding of that company. We dont know what your motives are. The OT network voting trusts escrow everyones bitcoins so are a form of trust. Should we trust you. You dont have to answer.. just illustrating the sorts of questions you're asking so you can think about them and see the perspective on the receiving end.
Let me save you some time
"We're not asking to change the sourcecode to the "disadvantage" of competitors ; We don't have core developers on board"
Mark Friendenbach has first hand experience of trying to work for a year on bitcoin donations, that didnt work out very well.
It would have worked out better for him if it would have ever answered an email every once in a while.