The name of the fund should ideally unambiguously clarify its scope, i.e.,
Bitcoin & development. So maybe “Bitcoin Developers Community LDF”. Or
perhaps “Bitcoin Technical Community LDF” which nicely abbreviates to
BTCLDF.
Zac
On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 at 19:49, jack via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lis
If I understand the intent of your message correctly, that's unfortunately
not how the law works.
If there is a case that is precedent setting, whether it directly involves
bitcoin or not, a bitcoin focused legal fund might want to either offer
representation or file an amicus brief to guide the c
I very much hope the fund will not finance lawsuits irrelevant to bitcoin.
On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 5:23 PM Aymeric Vitte via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> (P2P?) Electronic Cash (Defense?) Fund or Electronic Cash Foundation ?
> More neutral, potentially covering ot
(P2P?) Electronic Cash (Defense?) Fund or Electronic Cash Foundation ?
More neutral, potentially covering others than Bitcoin, mimicking a bit
EFF (even if as stated US is not the only target), referring to
Satoshi's paper where everything started
Maybe I am not up to date but it would be good to
> One question I have is how you might describe the differences between
what BLDF can accomplish and what e.g. EFF can accomplish. Having been
represented by the EFF on more than one occasion, they are fantastic. Do
you feel that the Bitcoin-specific focus of BLDF outweighs the more general
(but de
That's a good point. Agree!
On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 10:54 AM Alex Schoof wrote:
> > I also don't see why Alex or anyone should be denied the opportunity to
> comment on future soft forks or anything about bitcoin. Alex should have no
> more or less right to participate and his comments should be
To belatedly answer Rene's question:
Yes, we hope so. To start, the Fund will focus on the defense of the
pending litigation and new litigation that may arise. However, we intend to
build up the capacity to provide competent third-party advice to developers
on strategies to reduce their liability.
> I also don't see why Alex or anyone should be denied the opportunity to
comment on future soft forks or anything about bitcoin. Alex should have no
more or less right to participate and his comments should be judged on
their merit, just like yours and mine.
I think the concern is something like:
A further point -- were it to be a norm if a contributor to something like
this be denied their full capacity for "free speech" by social convention,
it would either encourage anonymous funding (less accountable) or would
disincentivize creating such initiatives in the future.
Both of those outcom
I think the word "The" is important. The title of the email and the name of
the fund is Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund. It is "a" legal defense fund; not
THE Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund. There is room for other funds and
strategies and anyone is welcome to create alternatives.
I also don't see why Alex
Hi Prayank,
> On 13 Jan 2022, at 10:13, Prayank wrote:
> I had few suggestions and feel free to ignore them if they do not make sense:
>
> 1.Name of this fund could be anything and 'The Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund'
> can be confusing or misleading for newbies. There is nothing official in
> Bit
Hi Jack,
> The main purpose of this Fund is to defend developers from lawsuits regarding
>their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem, including finding and retaining
>defense counsel, developing litigation strategy, and paying legal bills. This
>is a free and voluntary option for developers to
> The main purpose of this Fund is to defend developers from lawsuits regarding
> their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem, including finding and retaining
> defense counsel, developing litigation strategy, and paying legal bills.
Here in India we have the Internet Freedom Foundation that does
On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 5:02 PM René Pickhardt via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Will the fund eventually also help to educate developers about the risks
> they are facing and which measures can be taken to reduce such risks so
> that legal pressure might not even a
jack via bitcoin-dev schrieb am
Mi., 12. Jan. 2022, 01:35:
> To Bitcoin Developers:
>
> Open-source developers, who are often independent, are especially
> susceptible to legal pressure.
Will the fund eventually also help to educate developers about the risks
they are facing and which measures
To Bitcoin Developers:
The Bitcoin community is currently the subject of multi-front litigation.
Litigation and continued threats are having their intended effect; individual
defendants have chosen to capitulate in the absence of legal support.
Open-source developers, who are often independent,
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