On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 08:10:25 -0400, t...@t-3.net wrote: > The OP I saw said: > > The Wau Holland Foundation can currently only > reimburse via wire transfer. > > This seems to be end-of-story in terms of who, in the end, is > ultimately getting liability/risk, and points to practically no chance > at anonymity within our currently hacked banking system. It's not > related to taxation or what organization may or may not be trusted. > It's about what information is being gathered from the system by 3rd > parties for possible use tomorrow.
I suspect the methods of value transfer can be added to in the future. > There's another perspective to this as well. Speaking objectively and > without knowledge of the organization involved, and nothing personal > intended. It may be worth noting that certain presumably-Tor-hostile > and well-funded agencies are known to infiltrate the tech > organizations/efforts which they wish to weaken, and influence them > from the inside. In this context, seeing Tor's exit node operators > being offered cash via bank transfer is waist-deep into creepy. > > > On Wednesday 18/09/2013 at 7:38 am, Tom Ritter wrote: > > create or work with a trusted organization who is willing to shoulder > > liability, risk, and expense of investigating the legality and tax > > consequences, and then actually executing, reimbursing people through > > anonymous means.It's not easy. May not even be possible. But there is > > a rigid but not inflexible framework of tax law that must be worked > > within. Bitcoins, until they're banned, from the entity receiving the bank transfer and delivering a middle finger to whoever's askin'. :P > > IMO, this is net gain. Excited to see it happen, and congrats to all > > whose hard work has brought it here. +1. Best, -Gordon M. _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
