Bitcoin Fundation charging for membership in dollars, not BTC

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Quote from: MakeBelieve on February 20, 2014, 09:37:59 AM

Quote from: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 08:52:33 AM

Quote from: qwk on February 20, 2014, 08:37:31 AM

Quote from: ljudotina on February 20, 2014, 06:18:16 AM

Aint that funny thing.
They are BTC fundation. They promote BTC. But still they charge for membershin in dollars (you cna pay in BTC if you want). How funny is that?

For some time in the beginning, membership fees were a fix amount in BTC.
After a while, people started complaining that "no one could afford these fees".
There was a lengthy discussion within the Foundation about how this could be changed, with suggestions ranging from IIRC "peg it to GDP per capita" to the "Big Mac Index".

In the end, pegging it to USD was the most pragmatic solution. Period.

I fail to see anything funny in that.

People just want to bitch. If they did it the opposite way they'd complain about that too.

Do you support the Bitcoin foundation and if you can you give a valid reason why you do?

No. I'm talking about people crying that they have pegged their donation price to fiat.

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Quote from: ljudotina on February 20, 2014, 06:18:16 AM

Aint that funny thing.
They are BTC fundation. They promote BTC. But still they charge for membershin in dollars (you cna pay in BTC if you want). How funny is that?

Another glimpse of their true face.

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They are asking for donations in usd because people don't like spending their Bitcoin and want to hold.

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Quote from: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 08:52:33 AM

Quote from: qwk on February 20, 2014, 08:37:31 AM

Quote from: ljudotina on February 20, 2014, 06:18:16 AM

Aint that funny thing.
They are BTC fundation. They promote BTC. But still they charge for membershin in dollars (you cna pay in BTC if you want). How funny is that?

For some time in the beginning, membership fees were a fix amount in BTC.
After a while, people started complaining that "no one could afford these fees".
There was a lengthy discussion within the Foundation about how this could be changed, with suggestions ranging from IIRC "peg it to GDP per capita" to the "Big Mac Index".

In the end, pegging it to USD was the most pragmatic solution. Period.

I fail to see anything funny in that.

People just want to bitch. If they did it the opposite way they'd complain about that too.

Do you support the Bitcoin foundation and if you can you give a valid reason why you do?

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Quote from: qwk on February 20, 2014, 08:37:31 AM

Quote from: ljudotina on February 20, 2014, 06:18:16 AM

Aint that funny thing.
They are BTC fundation. They promote BTC. But still they charge for membershin in dollars (you cna pay in BTC if you want). How funny is that?

For some time in the beginning, membership fees were a fix amount in BTC.
After a while, people started complaining that "no one could afford these fees".
There was a lengthy discussion within the Foundation about how this could be changed, with suggestions ranging from IIRC "peg it to GDP per capita" to the "Big Mac Index".

In the end, pegging it to USD was the most pragmatic solution. Period.

I fail to see anything funny in that.

People just want to bitch. If they did it the opposite way they'd complain about that too.

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Quote from: ljudotina on February 20, 2014, 06:18:16 AM

Aint that funny thing.
They are BTC fundation. They promote BTC. But still they charge for membershin in dollars (you cna pay in BTC if you want). How funny is that?

For some time in the beginning, membership fees were a fix amount in BTC.
After a while, people started complaining that "no one could afford these fees".
There was a lengthy discussion within the Foundation about how this could be changed, with suggestions ranging from IIRC "peg it to GDP per capita" to the "Big Mac Index".

In the end, pegging it to USD was the most pragmatic solution. Period.

I fail to see anything funny in that.

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Quote from: Ekaros on February 20, 2014, 08:06:35 AM

Quote from: escrow.ms on February 20, 2014, 08:03:11 AM

Quote from: Ekaros on February 20, 2014, 08:01:39 AM

USD, they support that?

   Platinum: $100,000
   Gold: $25,000
   Silver, large: $5,000
   Silver, medium: $2,500
   Silver, small: $1,000
   Lifetime: $250
   Individual: $25

Looks like they don't want to take risk of price fluctuations.

So they trust in USD being stable?

Not a group of people I could trust...

Don't think any of us trust them any more after recent events not that they have made Bitcoin better in any way or shape of form the foundation should be a non profit organsation but they want the money more than any thing else.

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Quote from: escrow.ms on February 20, 2014, 08:03:11 AM

Quote from: Ekaros on February 20, 2014, 08:01:39 AM

USD, they support that?

   Platinum: $100,000
   Gold: $25,000
   Silver, large: $5,000
   Silver, medium: $2,500
   Silver, small: $1,000
   Lifetime: $250
   Individual: $25

Looks like they don't want to take risk of price fluctuations.

So they trust in USD being stable?

Not a group of people I could trust...

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Quote from: Ekaros on February 20, 2014, 08:01:39 AM

USD, they support that?

   Platinum: $100,000
   Gold: $25,000
   Silver, large: $5,000
   Silver, medium: $2,500
   Silver, small: $1,000
   Lifetime: $250
   Individual: $25

Looks like they don't want to take risk of price fluctuations.

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USD, they support that?

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Quote from: Mixim on February 20, 2014, 06:53:36 AM

And if you read the text on page...

"We only accept Bitcoin as payment for members dues. Our membership pricing is pegged directly to the market value of Bitcoin, updated on a daily basis."

They don't support Bitcoin this proves it they want to get as much bitcoin with their fake help the community business and cash out directly to usd and become rich.

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And if you read the text on page...

"We only accept Bitcoin as payment for members dues. Our membership pricing is pegged directly to the market value of Bitcoin, updated on a daily basis."

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they should better found exchanger

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Aint that funny thing.
They are BTC fundation. They promote BTC. But still they charge for membershin in dollars (you cna pay in BTC if you want). How funny is that?

https://bitcoinfoundation.org/support

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