From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [IPv6:2605:bc80:3010::138]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31B41C001E for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:13:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BE3184B7D for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:13:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.2 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_40=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Authentication-Results: smtp1.osuosl.org (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=tutanota.de Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id P7PQldcD2G19 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:13:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.8.0 Received: from w1.tutanota.de (w1.tutanota.de [81.3.6.162]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E97E284B1E for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:13:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w1.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 825CCFBF64D; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:13:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1642068791; s=s1; d=tutanota.de; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:Sender; bh=g76Xeqi06G3d+1/4Y7o56iTjS5uHfhnKDrOQIvEnLzo=; b=pxar97CABporCOhvmgiIGj+KbhesvsY4tX0Aesht6GeVShZiCILDVtyOcR9823tq 7/KkJMIMJy1zo6fyGr0RBOSZJU4oVniMLZuHHWYeJC/LDpJjGLsf10RltrKZPTt4Bmj I3ahYOmL/SACVVvyDbjN1tp9GNK9ACpTAeDyoGZf20dns48q/z7n+w3YY+DrP/7ZPFK ftJSU27v/Vhq/n+34pE4/nPRX+1AKBeXdqX5/UBSp0n1o7MSaTvmx7bh9XqQfZZ7CF5 eqHWzAklVLo3yaVTdWI6g7Mimfs8P7gREVacoaLz32b7aKpJOjIYroZWz4WIusgZpzI SDVeNnQZlg== Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 11:13:11 +0100 (CET) From: Prayank To: jack@squareup.com Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_55843_629310349.1642068791517" X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 17:37:27 +0000 Cc: Bitcoin Dev , info@bitcoindefensefund.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:13:17 -0000 ------=_Part_55843_629310349.1642068791517 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jack, >=C2=A0The 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 take advantag= e of if they so wish. The Fund will start with a corps of volunteer and par= t-time lawyers. The board of the Fund will be responsible for determining w= hich lawsuits and defendants it will help defend. Thanks for helping the developers in legal issues. Appreciate your efforts = and I understand your intentions are to help Bitcoin in every possible way. Positives that I see in this initiative: 1.Developers don't need to worry about rich scammers and can focus on devel= opment. 2.Financial help for developers as legal issues can end up in wasting lot o= f time and money. 3.People who have misused courts to affect bitcoin developers will get bett= er response that they deserve. I had few suggestions and feel free to ignore them if they do not make sens= e: 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 Bi= tcoin however people believe things written in news articles and some of th= em might consider it as an official bitcoin legal fund. 2.It would be better if people involved in such important funds do not comm= ent/influence soft fork related discussions. Example: Alex Morcos had some = opinions about activation mechanism during Taproot soft fork IIRC. --=20 Prayank A3B1 E430 2298 178F ------=_Part_55843_629310349.1642068791517 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Jack,


> The main purpose of this Fund is to defend = developers from lawsuits regarding their activities in the Bitcoin ecosyste= m, including finding and retaining defense counsel, developing litigation s= trategy, and paying legal bills. This is a free and voluntary option for de= velopers to take advantage of if they so wish. The Fund will start with a c= orps of volunteer and part-time lawyers. The board of the Fund will be resp= onsible for determining which lawsuits and defendants it will help defend.<= br>

Thanks for helping t= he developers in legal issues. Appreciate your efforts and I understand you= r intentions are to help Bitcoin in every possible way.


Positives= that I see in this initiative:

1.Developers don't need to worry about rich scammers and can fo= cus on development.

= 2.Financial help for developers as legal issues can end up in wasting lot o= f time and money.

3.= People who have misused courts to affect bitcoin developers will get better= response that they deserve.


I had few suggestions and feel free t= o 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 n= othing official in Bitcoin however people believe things written in news ar= ticles and some of them might consider it as an official bitcoin legal fund= .

2.It would be bett= er if people involved in such important funds do not comment/influence soft= fork related discussions. Example: Alex Morcos had some opinions about act= ivation mechanism during Taproot soft fork IIRC.



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