I feel sorry for Karpeles - he'll be walking into a lion's den at the conference. It looks to me like BC Foundation trying to do a hostile takeover on Mt Gox. Gavin is staying mute, Ver claims he knew nothing, the others are silent. Rubbish, they've been planning all of this for months!
Gavin is paid by the Foundation, so his hands are tied, unless he wants to risk losing his paycheck.
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I think his response is condescending, like we're all kids - and he's the only one with a brain around. Also he says essentially he doesn't care about the whole thing. Then a better stance would be to say absolutely nothing, when you have nothing to contribute. Also, the fact that they're suing each other (foundation members) is quite relevant now with the upcoming conference.
Perhaps Gavin should talk to the community about making a fund paying his wage ? An apolitical fund, where all contributions are anonymous, perhaps this could even be baked into the fee-structure in the official client ?
I saw Gavin's response and termed it "mute", but "non-committal" would be a more accurate representation of it ("weak" could be applicable as well).
My guess is that he's just hoping to avoid another giant flame war, and maybe feels a little guilty for being associated with the lawsuit via the Foundation.
I don't think Gavin needs to worry about his paycheck - can't he just dump 5% of his BTC holdings? BTW baking a fee into the client is a horrible idea.
The value of Bitcoin is in:
* Satoshi's C++ code
* Mt Gox's trading infrastructure
* Bitcoin network that people here run on their own dimes
* Gavin & other developers' brains
* NOT some venture capital douchebag's e-wallet
