I wonder what is the purpose of posting forum finances openly ? Users are not stakeholder. May be, only those who donated, have the right to access this data.
I agree
Just like only the developers of the bitcoin software have the right to access the source code
Precisely what jackjack said. That is one of the most stupid suggestions I have ever seen on this forum, BitCoinDream. You are asking a forum that is used for
discussion of a completely decentralized currency to centralize itself and make its finances private. What is the point of that...?
I dont need to ask it to be centralized.
It is Centralized. DefaultTrust is the biggest example of that. I'm skipping the other examples as those are beyond the scope of discussion of this thread. Its funny that someone is comparing Bitcoin Core's development model with the forum !!! How come are they comparable ?
The thing is that I don't understand why it bothers you
I don't understand the "only xxx have the right to access the data" thing either
Don't get me wrong, I don't think users HAVE to know about the finances. But if theymos chose to do it I don't see where the problem is
Well, that's true. None may have a problem if theymos is publishing the data. Its a like a non-listed company is publishing its audit report. They may or may not as per the management's will. But I wrote it for 2 reasons...
1. A few people, who has zero contribution to the forum in terms of time/money, are asking about someone's death in a way as if the dead person has stolen their money.
2. Open publishing of the forum finances are drawing undue attention of the authorities to further monitor the forum activity... which is undesirable. Regarding the authority monitoring of Bitcoin, even Satoshi once expressed his concern...
It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.
BitcoinTalk means a LOT to some of us. We dont want it to be hit for all the unnecessary reasons.
