Yup, I've been reading and responded at least 2-3 times on every page, so that means 150+ responses just in that thread.
I would not say its an uproar, its more like Atlas and a few haters. You will agree once you see the amount of members and donations.
Some people like Hazek actually bring up good points with certain issues in the foundation we need to work out and fix.
The haters are trollers say "ahhh foundation centralization ahh" when the smart people actually have good points and want to make it better.
So basically, your creating an announcement to ease the nervousness of the trollers...
You may have been reading, but perhaps not hearing? It's not "haters". What is there to hate upon? Everyone that would be reading this forum would likely want Bitcoin's success, so why oppose something supposedly working in that direction? It's because of actual concern, not trolling. Even you yourself said you agree with hazek about cause for concern, so I'm not really sure how we're not connecting:
Ah, the crux of the issue remains. I fear down the road this self imposed spokesperson, policy setting, business vetting, intertwined with corporate interest body will get corrupted and try and direct the for the most part ignorant user base to their advantage while you on the other hand have faith the community will be smart and vigilant enough to keep you in check.
Well then as long as the general electorate is the one of which we must now expect vigilance, I'm all calmed down and happy, especially since this works out so well in today's political systems. /this last part was a bit of sarcasm, not mean spirited of course, just for illustrating purposes
Why we needed this foot in the door for bad stuff to be possible to happen I will never understand.
No no, don't be sarcastic,
because I agree with you.
(It only took us 38 pages to see each others points lol, partly my fault)
Of course this is a total real fear, one I have myself. You said it perfectly "self imposed spokesperson, policy setting, business vetting, intertwined with corporate interest body will get corrupted and try and direct the for the most part ignorant user base to their advantage"
This is totally a real threat, and a very scary one indeed. If this is what you were getting at, Im sorry for not seeing it earlier.
So basically, how do we protect the foundation from something like this?
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