also sprach Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> [2014-08-24 10:15 -0700]: > - If Debian finds ways to spend Bitcoins then the situation > changes a lot though. All of the comments above are based on the > assumption Debian has nothing to spend them on. This is a pivotal point, and I think we can extend it to "if we think there will be a way to spend Bitcoin" within limits. > - China banned Bitcoin[2]. NY state and UK regulators are > apparently looking constructively at whether it can be regulated. > Whatever the situation, will it lead to controversy that may > undermine Debian's primary mission or the position of Debian > members in any particular country? I firmly believe that we should always regard money and trusted organisations as a means to an end, never let their needs and the consequences of our choices affect our primary mission. > There are people who can legally invest in Bitcoin and may choose > to do so for some specific objective. Does Debian itself have any > objectives that can be facilitated by Bitcoin and where Bitcoin is > better than any other possible speculative investment opportunity? Facilitating payments, speeding them up, saving on fees, buying hardware, … honestly, I think the sky's the limit if we are ready to look at it that way. > In short, I personally think it is probably possible for people to > donate them but Debian would need to be converting them. I think we could very well set aside an amount, e.g. define a limit of $5000 and anything above we exchange. Looking at Debian's wealth, I think we can certainly afford that. The benefit would be to have a foot in the door and a lower barrier of entry later. Also, we contribute to the adoption of Bitcoin, and we gather experience with cryptocurrencies, which — you can quote me on that — are here to stay. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@d.o> @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems
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