Topic: Anyone knows what is this website? (Read 455 times)
That's quite a weird website... I'm also too curious what it is, so someone please explain 
I remember I stumbled upon this site in the past and closed it because it didn't made much sense to me (I was a total noob).
With time i've learned more, and this seems indeed an effort to maintain a reference version of the original bitcoin. Im not sure if those version names correspond to the original bitcoin-qt versions and I dont know if this does anything extra.
There's these text attached:
Looks like a positive idea to defend against any Gavincoin takeover attempts, but is it also trying to defend against an agreed hard fork? (for example, an agreement to get segwit sf + 2MB hardfork later on developed by Core -i know this is hard, but just an example). I predict most people would just go along with it. What would these guys do then? Im not sure but it seems they are against all hard forks (even soft forks??)
Maybe someone can drop some insight.
With time i've learned more, and this seems indeed an effort to maintain a reference version of the original bitcoin. Im not sure if those version names correspond to the original bitcoin-qt versions and I dont know if this does anything extra.
There's these text attached:
Quote
.::[ THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION: CHARTER ]::..
0x0] INTRODUCTION
THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION
ESTABLISHED: OCTOBER 22, 2014
CO-CHAIRS:
Shane ``mod6'' Kinney
(identified by GPG fingerprint):
027A 8D7C 0FB8 A166 4372 0F40 7217 05A8 B71E ADAF
Ben ``ben_vulpes'' Vulpes
(identified by GPG fingerprint):
4F79 0794 2CA8 B89B 01E2 5A76 2AFA 1A9F D2D0 31DA
This charter establishes the existence of a virtual organization whose
mission is to maintain the Bitcoin reference implementation.
0x1] BACKGROUND ; SCOPE ; OBJECTIVES
Bitcoin is a far reaching innovation with effects unknown and unknowable.
It is altogether probable that its effects will conflict with all currently
established human conventions.
Maintaining the core values as established by the original author in the
form of a reference implementation that is lightweight, coherent and
cruft-free in face of this conflict requires deliberate effort involving
multiple people, which in turn require management and guidance.
``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' will endeavour to provide these, while fostering
community growth and development, under the general principle that if and
when any other thing conflicts with Bitcoin, that other thing must either be
discontinued or amended in such a way as to no longer conflict with Bitcoin.
0x2] GOVERNANCE
``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' is governed by unanimous decision of its two
co-chairs.
At any point during the lifetime of the foundation, either co-chair may
announce his decision to step down, through the publication of a GPG signed
document to that effect. It is the responsibility of the outgoing chair to
announce his retirement at least six months in advance of circumstances that
make his continuation as chair unfeasible.
Consequently, the two co-chairs will unanimously appoint a third, and for a
period of six months the newly appointed chair and the remaining chair will
govern through unanimous voting, except should they be unable to reach
agreement the remaining chair together with the outgoing chair may decide.
0x3] ACCOUNTING ; DONATIONS ; EXPENDITURES
``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' will accept anonymous Bitcoin donations
only. ``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' will publish monthly reports detailing its
intake and expenditure. Donations collected are to be spent as decided by
the co-chairs.
The co-chairs promise and warrant to only expend the Foundation's Bitcoins
on that which is necessary to achieve its objectives.
The Foundation's chairs shall retain the services of a Treasurer to issue
monthly statements and secure Foundation assets. The Foundation shall
publish an address under that Treasurer's exclusive control to which
interested parties may donate Bitcoin.
In the event of expenditure, the co-chairs shall instruct the Treasurer as
to the quantity of Bitcoin to send, the address to which the Bitcoins shall
be sent, and a description of the foundations goals in expending said funds.
Every month, from these authorizing notes and transactions inbound to the
Foundation address, the Treasurer shall generate a Statement of Account
detailing receipts and expenditures.
0x4] LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
Neither ``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'', the present or any future co-chairs, or
any other person or entity in any way associated with ``THE BITCOIN
FOUNDATION'' assume any liability for any losses suffered or alleged to
have been suffered by any third party as a result of the execution of this
Agreement.
Signed: B71EADAF, D2D031DA.
0x0] INTRODUCTION
THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION
ESTABLISHED: OCTOBER 22, 2014
CO-CHAIRS:
Shane ``mod6'' Kinney
(identified by GPG fingerprint):
027A 8D7C 0FB8 A166 4372 0F40 7217 05A8 B71E ADAF
Ben ``ben_vulpes'' Vulpes
(identified by GPG fingerprint):
4F79 0794 2CA8 B89B 01E2 5A76 2AFA 1A9F D2D0 31DA
This charter establishes the existence of a virtual organization whose
mission is to maintain the Bitcoin reference implementation.
0x1] BACKGROUND ; SCOPE ; OBJECTIVES
Bitcoin is a far reaching innovation with effects unknown and unknowable.
It is altogether probable that its effects will conflict with all currently
established human conventions.
Maintaining the core values as established by the original author in the
form of a reference implementation that is lightweight, coherent and
cruft-free in face of this conflict requires deliberate effort involving
multiple people, which in turn require management and guidance.
``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' will endeavour to provide these, while fostering
community growth and development, under the general principle that if and
when any other thing conflicts with Bitcoin, that other thing must either be
discontinued or amended in such a way as to no longer conflict with Bitcoin.
0x2] GOVERNANCE
``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' is governed by unanimous decision of its two
co-chairs.
At any point during the lifetime of the foundation, either co-chair may
announce his decision to step down, through the publication of a GPG signed
document to that effect. It is the responsibility of the outgoing chair to
announce his retirement at least six months in advance of circumstances that
make his continuation as chair unfeasible.
Consequently, the two co-chairs will unanimously appoint a third, and for a
period of six months the newly appointed chair and the remaining chair will
govern through unanimous voting, except should they be unable to reach
agreement the remaining chair together with the outgoing chair may decide.
0x3] ACCOUNTING ; DONATIONS ; EXPENDITURES
``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' will accept anonymous Bitcoin donations
only. ``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' will publish monthly reports detailing its
intake and expenditure. Donations collected are to be spent as decided by
the co-chairs.
The co-chairs promise and warrant to only expend the Foundation's Bitcoins
on that which is necessary to achieve its objectives.
The Foundation's chairs shall retain the services of a Treasurer to issue
monthly statements and secure Foundation assets. The Foundation shall
publish an address under that Treasurer's exclusive control to which
interested parties may donate Bitcoin.
In the event of expenditure, the co-chairs shall instruct the Treasurer as
to the quantity of Bitcoin to send, the address to which the Bitcoins shall
be sent, and a description of the foundations goals in expending said funds.
Every month, from these authorizing notes and transactions inbound to the
Foundation address, the Treasurer shall generate a Statement of Account
detailing receipts and expenditures.
0x4] LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
Neither ``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'', the present or any future co-chairs, or
any other person or entity in any way associated with ``THE BITCOIN
FOUNDATION'' assume any liability for any losses suffered or alleged to
have been suffered by any third party as a result of the execution of this
Agreement.
Signed: B71EADAF, D2D031DA.
Quote
Hash: SHA1
..::[ CONTRACT FOR BITCOIN FOUNDATION ACCOUNTING SERVICES ]::..
0x0] INTRODUCTION ; RESPONSIBILITIES
DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2014
PARTIES:
The virtual organization known as ``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' [R.1], as
represented by #bitcoin-otc entities mod6 and ben_vulpes, hereinafter The
Foundation.
Juraj ''jurov'' Variny, as identified by GPG fingerprint:
BBB0 A999 5003 7551 F533 850A 677A BD62 D0AE E7D7
WHEREAS:
``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' seeks a Treasurer to secure The Foundation's
assets, and issue monthly statements of receipts and expenditures.
jurov is a member in good standing of the #bitcoin-otc Web of Trust,
capable of and willing to secure Foundation assets and issue monthly
statements of The Foundation's receipts and expenditures.
The parties hereby solemnly commit to the following:
``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' will accept donations in the form of Bitcoin
only, contributed anonymously to address:
1FundZy7m7b8begbh9haCguKJcAdFopRJ9 (The Foundation Address),
an address controlled exclusively by jurov.
jurov will remit Bitcoin as unanimously directed by both directors to
addresses of their choice.
jurov will prepare and issue statements each month no later than the 5th of
each month, detailing all receipts to and expenditures from The Foundation
Address.
For his services, jurov will be paid 1% of The Foundation's receipts up to
a 1 Bitcoin maximum per calendar year.
0x1) CLAUSES
Either The Foundation or jurov may cancel this contract by GPG-signed
notice, no less than 25 days before the next statement's due date. After
the Treasurer issues his final statement, he will remit the balance of
secured Foundation funds to an address of the Foundation's choice.
Signed: B71EADAF, D2D031DA, D0AEE7D7.
..::[ CONTRACT FOR BITCOIN FOUNDATION ACCOUNTING SERVICES ]::..
0x0] INTRODUCTION ; RESPONSIBILITIES
DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2014
PARTIES:
The virtual organization known as ``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' [R.1], as
represented by #bitcoin-otc entities mod6 and ben_vulpes, hereinafter The
Foundation.
Juraj ''jurov'' Variny, as identified by GPG fingerprint:
BBB0 A999 5003 7551 F533 850A 677A BD62 D0AE E7D7
WHEREAS:
``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' seeks a Treasurer to secure The Foundation's
assets, and issue monthly statements of receipts and expenditures.
jurov is a member in good standing of the #bitcoin-otc Web of Trust,
capable of and willing to secure Foundation assets and issue monthly
statements of The Foundation's receipts and expenditures.
The parties hereby solemnly commit to the following:
``THE BITCOIN FOUNDATION'' will accept donations in the form of Bitcoin
only, contributed anonymously to address:
1FundZy7m7b8begbh9haCguKJcAdFopRJ9 (The Foundation Address),
an address controlled exclusively by jurov.
jurov will remit Bitcoin as unanimously directed by both directors to
addresses of their choice.
jurov will prepare and issue statements each month no later than the 5th of
each month, detailing all receipts to and expenditures from The Foundation
Address.
For his services, jurov will be paid 1% of The Foundation's receipts up to
a 1 Bitcoin maximum per calendar year.
0x1) CLAUSES
Either The Foundation or jurov may cancel this contract by GPG-signed
notice, no less than 25 days before the next statement's due date. After
the Treasurer issues his final statement, he will remit the balance of
secured Foundation funds to an address of the Foundation's choice.
Signed: B71EADAF, D2D031DA, D0AEE7D7.
Quote
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Title: BITCOIN DECLARATION OF SOVEREIGNITY ; PROPER VENUE FOR ALL FILINGS ; DISPOSITION OF TAXATION
In #bitcoin-assets, November 8th, 2014.
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one person to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with the human herd, and to assume among the powers of the world the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature entitle them, a modicum of respect to their own intelligence requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident : that no men nor women are created, but born ; that nothing ever is or could be equal to any other thing ; that each man and each woman are sovereign entities and the sole sovereign entities ; that sovereigns and sovereigns alone are entitled to anything they may take for themselves, but nothing more ; that "rights" are a poor substitute of liberties much like railroad tracks are poor substitutes of wings, for on wings one may soar and on his liberty one may soar, but on the railroad tracks of alleged rights one can but trudge ; that things made not born have no liberties, nor are nor can ever become sovereign, but must remain subjected to the will and disposition of those sovereign in the world and limited by their rights as granted by their sovereigns, like slave is limited by his chains and computer programs by their language.
To secure our liberty from the encroachment of virtual entities, devoid of substance, deriving their pretense to power from the pretense of consent, that is in the ideal a shameful subversion of the sacred principles of sovereignty and in fact absent, we find --
That whenever any one or any thing becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that things long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such nonsense, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Such has been the patient sufferance of the Internet ; and such is now the necessity which constrains us to reject the pretense to power of obsolete forms and fictions left over from a time long gone. The history of the present fiat governments of the world is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over us. To prove this, no facts shall be submitted, you may research on your own.
We, therefore, free and independent of any bond or link of loyalty or fealty, in #bitcoin-assets assembled, appealing to no one ; recognising nothing above and the whole world below us, do, in our own name, and by our own authority, solemnly publish and declare, that we are and of right ought to be free and independent ; that we are absolved from all allegiance to any entity, whether it styles itself a "crown" or a "state" or a "government" or however else ; and that all political connection between them and us is wholly imagined, by them ; and that as free and independent we have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which sovereigns may of right do.
For the support of this declaration we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred rating.
THEREFORE, it is established that the Web of Trust, the #bitcoin-assets deeds registrar and the channel itself are the proper venue for all filings, of whatever type and to whatever end, to be dealed with according to our laws and customs.
THEREFORE, it is established that any Bitcoin company, or trader or merchant or other entity deriving a worldly profit from the otherworldly workings of Bitcoin, is to pay a tax in sum of 0.1% or a hundred thousand satoshi per full Bitcoin realised, into the coffers of the Bitcoin Foundation ( http://deeds.bitcoin-assets.com/deed/9ULZPc7yeZ9fQEA1aZ73H6mcv1s2C4gYFAbNTb5urovj ) as the sole and complete public contribution that may be required of him ; that such payment satisfies the total burden of taxation upon him, and no further payments may be required, in any form nor for any reason or under any title or pretense, by anyone ; that the satisfaction of this obligation is a moral requirement, and outside of the oppinion of the sovereign people it will not be enforced.
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Title: BITCOIN DECLARATION OF SOVEREIGNITY ; PROPER VENUE FOR ALL FILINGS ; DISPOSITION OF TAXATION
In #bitcoin-assets, November 8th, 2014.
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one person to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with the human herd, and to assume among the powers of the world the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature entitle them, a modicum of respect to their own intelligence requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident : that no men nor women are created, but born ; that nothing ever is or could be equal to any other thing ; that each man and each woman are sovereign entities and the sole sovereign entities ; that sovereigns and sovereigns alone are entitled to anything they may take for themselves, but nothing more ; that "rights" are a poor substitute of liberties much like railroad tracks are poor substitutes of wings, for on wings one may soar and on his liberty one may soar, but on the railroad tracks of alleged rights one can but trudge ; that things made not born have no liberties, nor are nor can ever become sovereign, but must remain subjected to the will and disposition of those sovereign in the world and limited by their rights as granted by their sovereigns, like slave is limited by his chains and computer programs by their language.
To secure our liberty from the encroachment of virtual entities, devoid of substance, deriving their pretense to power from the pretense of consent, that is in the ideal a shameful subversion of the sacred principles of sovereignty and in fact absent, we find --
That whenever any one or any thing becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that things long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such nonsense, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Such has been the patient sufferance of the Internet ; and such is now the necessity which constrains us to reject the pretense to power of obsolete forms and fictions left over from a time long gone. The history of the present fiat governments of the world is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over us. To prove this, no facts shall be submitted, you may research on your own.
We, therefore, free and independent of any bond or link of loyalty or fealty, in #bitcoin-assets assembled, appealing to no one ; recognising nothing above and the whole world below us, do, in our own name, and by our own authority, solemnly publish and declare, that we are and of right ought to be free and independent ; that we are absolved from all allegiance to any entity, whether it styles itself a "crown" or a "state" or a "government" or however else ; and that all political connection between them and us is wholly imagined, by them ; and that as free and independent we have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which sovereigns may of right do.
For the support of this declaration we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred rating.
THEREFORE, it is established that the Web of Trust, the #bitcoin-assets deeds registrar and the channel itself are the proper venue for all filings, of whatever type and to whatever end, to be dealed with according to our laws and customs.
THEREFORE, it is established that any Bitcoin company, or trader or merchant or other entity deriving a worldly profit from the otherworldly workings of Bitcoin, is to pay a tax in sum of 0.1% or a hundred thousand satoshi per full Bitcoin realised, into the coffers of the Bitcoin Foundation ( http://deeds.bitcoin-assets.com/deed/9ULZPc7yeZ9fQEA1aZ73H6mcv1s2C4gYFAbNTb5urovj ) as the sole and complete public contribution that may be required of him ; that such payment satisfies the total burden of taxation upon him, and no further payments may be required, in any form nor for any reason or under any title or pretense, by anyone ; that the satisfaction of this obligation is a moral requirement, and outside of the oppinion of the sovereign people it will not be enforced.
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Looks like a positive idea to defend against any Gavincoin takeover attempts, but is it also trying to defend against an agreed hard fork? (for example, an agreement to get segwit sf + 2MB hardfork later on developed by Core -i know this is hard, but just an example). I predict most people would just go along with it. What would these guys do then? Im not sure but it seems they are against all hard forks (even soft forks??)
Maybe someone can drop some insight.
I was searching information about the infamous "Bitcoin Foundation" (remember? Mark Karpeles and even his cat was a member of the foundation) and I found this website:
http://thebitcoin.foundation/
There's some texts there and some software that seem to be node software.
Doing some more Googling I found out its related to some bitcoin whale named Mircea Popescu. Also found out that this link redirects to this same website:
http://therealbitcoin.org
This is posted on the foundation site:
http://therealbitcoin.org/mailman/listinfo/btc-dev
Anyone know what all of this means?
http://thebitcoin.foundation/
There's some texts there and some software that seem to be node software.
Doing some more Googling I found out its related to some bitcoin whale named Mircea Popescu. Also found out that this link redirects to this same website:
http://therealbitcoin.org
This is posted on the foundation site:
http://therealbitcoin.org/mailman/listinfo/btc-dev
Anyone know what all of this means?
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