I don't think Binn has any right to claim partial ownership here since he was a kind of contributor like what pooya said. There are a lot of contributors in the development of Bitcoin itself, would they be able to claim ownership of bitcoin creator?
However, so far Cobra seems to be enough trusted and I think he will hand over the website to someone trusted, not whom who wants to be the honorable controller.
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This is not the first time that the bitcoin.org website has sparked controversy
For me, this is an inverted reflection of the Bitcoin movement as a whole: the authoritative view is that of the overall Bitcoin economy/"ecosystem", not of one website that has an easy-to-remember name
In short, bitcoin.org is not and never will be Bitcoin itself, so this latest soap-opera is big on drama, but low on substance
For me, this is an inverted reflection of the Bitcoin movement as a whole: the authoritative view is that of the overall Bitcoin economy/"ecosystem", not of one website that has an easy-to-remember name
In short, bitcoin.org is not and never will be Bitcoin itself, so this latest soap-opera is big on drama, but low on substance
This site is in no way owned by anyone , it's owned by every single person out there which helped create it , centralization is never the option when we are talking about Bitcoin.org specially , we have already seen other sites being taken down .
that's the whole drama here! the site is owned by someone and that is Cobra. everyone else who has contributed are just contributors and nothing more. and that (and being centralized) is not a bad thing as long as the owner is not malicious which Cobra has proven to not be that way for many years.
the claims Will made here are just outrageous: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/issues/3398
https://decrypt.co/33703/bitcoin-orgs-secret-owner-kicks-out-the-sites-maintainer
Bitcoin.org’s secret owner kicks out the site’s maintainer
The pseudonymous owner of Bitcoin’s oldest website—created by Satoshi Nakamoto himself—has fired its maintainer after a verbal dispute.
By Liam Frost
Jun 26, 2020
Cobra, the pseudonymous owner of the Bitcoin.org domain, has cut ties with its maintainer Will Binns over a disagreement.
Cobra said that Binns was trying to claim partial ownership of the site—that was originally set up by Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto—when he was just a contractor. Binns maintained that Cobra unfairly dismissed him, and is now looking for funding for legal action.
“I have removed Will Binns as the site's maintainer, during a conversation on Twitter he had claimed that his work contributing to bitcoin.org conferred on him more authority than what I had agreed with him,” Cobra stated.
Apparently the guy was contacted by Mozilla and they did struck a deal of 75,000$ worth of investment in their stake in his company , but Apparently they were already warned beforehand by cobra that , this does not mean that they will somehow own the website.
Apparently Mr. Binns words are:
Not only that now Binns wants to set up a fund legally so that the sites ownership will be with a trusted third party because he believes that Cobra wants to give the ownership of the site to someone else without legal process and such .
I do think the guy is not taking into account how since years the site has been managed by Cobra , we never did have any problems regarding the same , it might be a simple case of de-faming the man but I do believe as long as the site is owned by someone good who does know the essence of cryptocurrencies as a whole , we are good to go .
This site is in no way owned by anyone , it's owned by every single person out there which helped create it , centralization is never the option when we are talking about Bitcoin.org specially , we have already seen other sites being taken down .
Is someone behind all this ?
But then again what Binn is asking is not wrong
He might be saying statements way over the top and accepting payment for the stakes might have alerted Cobra , because we all know how companies like these works , if Mozilla tries to own this , they will make sure at least there part is centralized.
It's not about money !
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What is your take on this ?
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Bitcoin.org’s secret owner kicks out the site’s maintainer
The pseudonymous owner of Bitcoin’s oldest website—created by Satoshi Nakamoto himself—has fired its maintainer after a verbal dispute.
By Liam Frost
Jun 26, 2020
Cobra, the pseudonymous owner of the Bitcoin.org domain, has cut ties with its maintainer Will Binns over a disagreement.
Cobra said that Binns was trying to claim partial ownership of the site—that was originally set up by Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto—when he was just a contractor. Binns maintained that Cobra unfairly dismissed him, and is now looking for funding for legal action.
“I have removed Will Binns as the site's maintainer, during a conversation on Twitter he had claimed that his work contributing to bitcoin.org conferred on him more authority than what I had agreed with him,” Cobra stated.
Apparently the guy was contacted by Mozilla and they did struck a deal of 75,000$ worth of investment in their stake in his company , but Apparently they were already warned beforehand by cobra that , this does not mean that they will somehow own the website.
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“It needs to be clear that they [Mozilla] are supporting you personally, and your own personal work (a grant is preferred here), but if they want some ownership over your company, they have to know that this company doesn’t have any ownership over Bitcoin.org,” Cobra told Binns.
Apparently Mr. Binns words are:
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After Binns was fired, he took to file sharing platform GitHub to complain.
“Bitcoin.org [...] is now in danger of becoming compromised, if it hasn't just happened. @Cobra has removed my access and seized control of the site and accompanying code repositories. I do not believe Cobra is the sole and lawful owner, nor does he have any right to do these things without just cause,” Binns wrote on June 24.
“Bitcoin.org [...] is now in danger of becoming compromised, if it hasn't just happened. @Cobra has removed my access and seized control of the site and accompanying code repositories. I do not believe Cobra is the sole and lawful owner, nor does he have any right to do these things without just cause,” Binns wrote on June 24.
Not only that now Binns wants to set up a fund legally so that the sites ownership will be with a trusted third party because he believes that Cobra wants to give the ownership of the site to someone else without legal process and such .
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Gregory Maxwell, a former Bitcoin Core developer and the former chief technology officer of Blockstream, corroborated Cobra’s statements.
“Your position appears to be a misplaced and inappropriate response to Cobra suggesting that he was considering not handing you unilateral control of Bitcoin.org. I hope you reconsider your approach,” wrote Maxwell.
“Your position appears to be a misplaced and inappropriate response to Cobra suggesting that he was considering not handing you unilateral control of Bitcoin.org. I hope you reconsider your approach,” wrote Maxwell.
I do think the guy is not taking into account how since years the site has been managed by Cobra , we never did have any problems regarding the same , it might be a simple case of de-faming the man but I do believe as long as the site is owned by someone good who does know the essence of cryptocurrencies as a whole , we are good to go .
This site is in no way owned by anyone , it's owned by every single person out there which helped create it , centralization is never the option when we are talking about Bitcoin.org specially , we have already seen other sites being taken down .
Is someone behind all this ?
But then again what Binn is asking is not wrong
He might be saying statements way over the top and accepting payment for the stakes might have alerted Cobra , because we all know how companies like these works , if Mozilla tries to own this , they will make sure at least there part is centralized. It's not about money !
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What is your take on this ?
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