Does anybody have a good idea to raise some funds? Is it crazy for us if we ask other online wallets, trading sites, or organizations (coinbase, blockchain.info, mtgox, bitcoin foudation, coindesk, bitcoin magazine...) to sponsor this project somehow in order to get some good publicity and unlink the name of bitcoin with scammers and hackers? As I said somewhere before, I´m not an expert. Sorry if I´m saying something stupid but I just can´t keep myself silent after this catastrophe... I just don´t want to imagine a scenario in which some people received partial refunds, others none, and at the end, everything is forgotten... until the next big rob happens.
We can´t keep ourselves silent!
I like your thinking & I am inclined to have the same thoughts. I do not find it crazy whatsoever. Is it a possibility to gather some donaters? Yes, I believe there is a possibility there are a lot of big holders that were early adopters . Am I totally convinced it will happen, not entirely. Especially at today's prices. As far as idea's to raise donated funds, my ideas are coming up null but I think this thread is a good start and is the least we can do. I know that TF is getting a ton of crap for all this and his rep is tarnished. The moment he slipped up he was exploited BUT the fact is he is human, owning up to his actions and showing a massive amount of community by working to repay the users. He could very easily disappear and start a new account. so much to say on the issue.
One further point I want to concur with you is that I cannot bear to remain silent about this. Ive beat this point in the ground and I know that we are all in the same boat whether you jumped in at BTC/3$, 7$ or beyond. Ive (we) have worked very hard for my BTC. Selling items and a ton of manual daily trading with the ups and downs of the btc and security markets. This was my entire holdings lost in coinlenders. I would deposit, pull out , deposit and pull out. When you have single digit BTC holdings, it almost justifies the high risk of using a service that offers 22% fee rebates. In hindsight, it seems like it was a poor decision on my part but the point im trying to make is we are a community and times like this it calls for pulling together and thinking outside the box. Thanks for reading.