Bruce Fenton is trying to keep TBF going, but he does not want an audit.
Bruce started a thread "where on earth did all the money go?"
bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1314390.0
Only to say it no longer matters about that money, it is gone, move on.
Bruce thinks it a waste of time and new money to try to find evidence of past fraud.
(even someone else payed/put in the time)
I tried to get Bruce to simply support an audit in principle. He would not.
Bruce thinks the money was just "recklessly spent", not "fraudulently spent"
Bruce thinks the ex board were silly, not naughty. No case to answer.
And Bruce has not helped us look either.
Gleb has been awaiting a reply for 2 months.
Bruce hasn't been back.
as for bruce not being helpful. well he could be more transparent and just scan all the documents and bitcoin addresses and make it public for the whole community to view. but then there is a chance that people will say documents are being hidden or its not original documents and other conspiracies.. so its better to be independently done by an outsider, so i can "kind of" see why bruce is trying to keep an arms length.
i still beleive its worth utilizing blockstream to get an audit done via their partners networked through PwC. im pretty sure with the amounts invested they would like to clear up a few matters pro-bono..
then maybe worth the bitcoin foundation themselves concentrating on what was their roadmap for the last 3-4 years.
maybe blockstream can also use their partners in PR to start making the bitcoin foundation be a repository of knowledge and utility.
again that 55million blockstream has can be put to good use.. especially if we should ignorantly believe that only 2 coders are employed by blockstream, so they have plenty of spare funds to use
i personally see no point in throwing more money to work out where the old money went. its obvious alot was syphoned off during a few of the conventions aswell as funny that it disappeared during the very short leadership of well many know who
but i think blockstream have deep enough pockets and can call in a favour with their pals to get an audit done