Bitcoin Foundation

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016
Today the Bitcoin Foundation Board of Directors took the following actions 1. Created an International Member seat and appointed the runner up from the previous industry election, Vinny Lingham, to this seat. Approved unanimously. 2. Created two new individual member seats and appointed the next two runners up from the 13 candidates in that election &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016
Elizabeth Ploshay McCauley &160 Elizabeth serves on the Bitcoin Foundation Board of Directors. She is currently, working with Coinsecure as Head of Global Business Development. This piece was co-authored with Abi Aryan who serves as Chief Business Development Officer for Coinsecure. Both Abi and Elizabeth represent two of many women who are seeking to leverage &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016
Please see the attached 2/16 Bitcoin Foundation Board Meeting Minutes &160 https//www.scribd.com/doc/305721391/2-16-Bitcoin-Foundation-Board-Meeting-Minutes &160 &160

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016
Please see the3.15 Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of The Bitcoin Foundation &160 https//www.scribd.com/doc/314975826/3-15-16-Minutes-of-the-Regular-Meeting-of-the-Board-of-Directors-of-The-Bitcoin-Foundation &160

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016
Please see the4.20.16 Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of The Bitcoin Foundation &160 &160 &160 &160

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016
Please see the5.24.16 Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of The Bitcoin Foundation

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016
Llew Claasen Monday, June 20. &8211 Toronto.. Today, at the Blockchain Training Conference / DEVCORE Toronto, the Bitcoin Foundation announced the appointment of Llew Claasen as Executive Director, effectiveJuly 1. Llew brings many years of international tech experience and project management skills. He was elected by a board of directors vote on June 14. Claasen &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016
Articles regarding the appointment of the Llew Claasen as the new Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation &160 Bitcoin Foundation Starts it&8217s Comeback by Appointing new Executive Director Bitcoin Foundation Appoints New Executive Director Cape Town VC Llew Claasen Appointed Executive Director of Bitcoin Foundation &160 &160 &160 &160 &160

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016
We asked the Bitcoin community for their input on what we should be doing with the Bitcoin Foundation in 2016/2017. We promised to publish the results back here in return for your participation, so here they are &8211http//bit.ly/2d8oTa1 We&8217ve been working with the Board and key stakeholders on a comprehensive operating plan since then and &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:45 pm October 19, 2016
A few important notes from the Bitcoin Foundation DEVCORE WORKSHOP, OCTOBER 16, San Francisco Please attend the DevCore Workshop &8220Developing the Developers&8221 on October 16th, at Draper University. Faculty includes Core Dev Greg Maxwell of Blockstream Core Dev Matt Corallo Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Author of Mastering Bitcoin Gavin Andresen, Chief Scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:50 pm December 22, 2014
Last month, the Bitcoin Foundation pivoted and in 2015, well be focusing the bulk of our efforts on supporting core development and the technical scalability of Bitcoin. With that goal in mind, we will be launching a brand-new series of one to two day developer workshops in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Thanks to some &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 10:25 pm December 19, 2014
As of December 31, 2014, we will have three board seats to fill. Per our bylaws, board seats are filled by a vote of the designated membership class. Individual members will elect two seats in February and the remaining third seat will be elected by our chapter affiliates next spring. Overview When is the election &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 2:01 pm December 19, 2014
&8220You can&8217t be what you were, so you better start being just what you are.&8221 -Fugazi As the Foundation charts a new course forward, our best guidestar will be a self-reflective understanding of where we can add the most value to the bitcoin project. If we focus too much of our time and energy reliving &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 9:30 pm December 15, 2014
Via Weve all heard the old adage, It takes a village to raise a child. The same can be said for Bitcoin. The blockchain turns 6 next month and were excited to be a part of the village and supporting other villagers that are committed to see bitcoinreach its full potential. Bitcoin.org-Maintained by Savann Carignan &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 9:16 pm December 5, 2014
About 2 weeks ago, in my blog post Strengthening the Core, I mentioned two critical, long-standing, unmet needs in Core Development. Somebody dedicated to ongoing security review of changes to the core code. Somebody dedicated to deep, thorough testing of the core code. Today, we are pleased to welcome Sergio Lerner as our Core Security &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 9:46 pm December 2, 2014
The votes are in! Thanks to everyone who participated in giving, nominating and voting for an ALS organization to receive the Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research. &160 The organization with the most votesis SciOpen Research Group, a team of Persons with ALS PALS, citizen scientists, doctors, and pharmaceutical industry professionals whose focusis to &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:31 pm December 1, 2014
Over the past few days we have noticed a significant uptick in complaints directed at our help desk about a fraud being perpetrated upon innocent Bitcoin users. The Bitcoin Foundations website is being cloned and spoofed at web addresses and domains that have absolutely nothing to do with the Bitcoin Foundation. The offending websites we &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:01 pm November 28, 2014
In the last week, weve received several nominations for the Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research. We also received several nominations for non-ALS related organizations. While we recognize the need by other organizations for other causes, well be focusing on organizations advancing ALS research for a cure as this fund is in memory of &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 3:31 pm November 26, 2014
I first met Hal in the fall of 1974, as undergrads at Caltech. I was one of very few women, and Hal was one among many guys. But I could tell right away that Hal was an exceptional guy. We became good friends, and married in 1979. Hal &38 Fran at CalTechVia Never in a &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 9:01 pm November 25, 2014
This summer, people from all backgrounds and cultures from around the world participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Many participated to help spread the word while others went the extra mile to give towards the cause. And some, like the bitcoin community, did both in the memory of Hal Finney. For those that dont &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 4:30 pm November 25, 2014
Were pleased to welcome Chain.com as our newest Gold Member. Chain.com joins our sevenGold level members in supporting the foundations role in the ongoing development of the bitcoin core protocol. Chain is making several investments in bitcoin core development, and the foundation spearheads some of the most important dimensions of that work, said Adam Ludwin, &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 5:30 pm November 21, 2014
For the better half of its first 6 years, Bitcoin existed primarily underground. Back then, to know about Bitcoin, you had to be either a cyberpunk, bonafide cryptographer, or hackerpreneur. Fast forward to today and among the Bitcoin Foundations members you find legacy and mainstream industry leaders like Wedbush Securities, Pillsbury, Strevus, Stifel, and Davis &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:01 pm November 20, 2014
Becauseit's cool Bitcoin GitHub Source Code Development Visualization – March v.0.9.0rc2 When I first started contributing to the Bitcoin project in the middle of 2010, Satoshi wrote all of the code. Development was completely centralized and controlled by him or her, or them, or it &8212 but I&8217m pretty sure Satoshi is not a robot &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:01 pm November 19, 2014
In the show Silicon Valley, Episode 8 is titled Everybody Pivots,&8221 and Jared makes this comment on pivoting that we all know to be true in startup culture tech companies come to market providing one service before switching to their true calling. It happened with Instagram and it happened with Twitter. Now its happening with &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 1:46 pm November 19, 2014
I have a piece on the American Banker blog up yesterday that I think needs the urgent attention of the Bitcoin community. It applauds the fact that the U.S. Treasury Department&8217s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network &8220FinCEN&8221 is encouraging banks to continue serving money services businesses. FinCEN invites banks to deny services to particular businesses based &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 5:32 pm November 13, 2014
Quick&8212when was the last time you thought about the &8220BitLicense&8221 If you&8217re like most people, you found the New York Department of Financial Services&8217 plan to regulate Bitcoin companies heavy-handed. You might have been motivated enough to comment on the first draft. But you probably haven&8217t given it much thought since then. Maybe you&8217ve gotten &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 11:16 pm November 6, 2014
Thank you to everyone who submitted proposals for our Q3 2014 grant program. We received over 20 proposals that show just how innovative this community can be. Although we received many great ideas, we have decided to not issue any grant awards this quarter. As our new Executive Director Patrick Murck said during his AMA &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:43 pm October 30, 2014
No one could have predicted the spectacular growth of the bitcoin network over the last 2 years and Jon Matonis was a big part in making that happen. It was a pleasure to work with Jon at the Bitcoin Foundation and I know he will continue to be a passionate and vocal advocate for the &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 1:12 pm October 30, 2014
Everyone has dynamics in their personal relationships, so I don&8217t think I&8217m exposing any great secret when I share that I sometimes have to remind my wife to take what I say literally rather than applying her own gloss to my words and reacting to that. That&8217s how I felt looking at yesterday&8217s Reddit thread &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:32 pm October 23, 2014
My rough proposal for optimizing new block announcementsresulted in lots of discussion about lots of scaling-up issues. There was some misunderstanding that optimizing new block messages would be a silver bullet that would solve all of the challenges Bitcoin will face as usage grows this blog post is meant to sketch out one possible path &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:32 pm October 23, 2014
Simon Fraser University, dubbed Berkeley North for its history of embracing radical thinking, considers Bitcoin as an innovation that fits well with the schools mission of engaging the world. SFU understands that the Blockchain protocol already has an important role in shaping our future a world that may be vastly different than what any &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:32 pm October 23, 2014
Were excited to announce that weve linked up with Reddit to host a series of AMAs starting Tuesday, October 14. This is your chance to ask us anything! First up will be Jim Harper, Global Policy Counsel. Catch him tomorrow onTuesday, October 14 at 11 AM EST to ask him anything. This week, he released &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:32 pm October 23, 2014
Im happy to announce an important unanimous vote today at the Foundation as of today the board has voted to retire the Founding Member Seat and replace it with an International Chapter Director Seat. The Foundation is only a few years old, and in those years our landscape has become vastly different quality investors, &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:32 pm October 23, 2014
The New York Department of Financial Services gets to inspect your garage. Thats the upshot of a provision in its proposed BitLicense regulation requiring all licensees to provide the DFS immediate access to all facilities, books, records, documents, or other information maintained by the Licensee or its Affiliates, wherever located. Will the DFS ever use &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:32 pm October 23, 2014
Ask just about anyone in the payments industry where they are headed in early November and their response will probably be Money 20/20. Ask just about anyone at Money 20/20 what they are most eager to see at this years event, and the response will probably be Bitcoin World. Money 20/20, like Bitcoin, is only &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:32 pm October 23, 2014
There are two sets of arguments for why we should keep the 1MB block size limit. The first are technical I address those in my Scalability Roadmap blog post, showing how a lot of geeky elbow grease should lead to &8220Bitcoin can replace every cash and credit card transaction in the world&8221. The second are &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:32 pm October 23, 2014
It felt like a response to our blog post highlighting the fact that the proposed &8220BitLicense&8221 would allow regulators to inspect Bitcoin entrepreneurs&8217 garages. Superintendent of Financial Services Ben Lawsky said yesterday at Cardozo Law School, &8220We do not, for instance, let someone run a bank out of their garage.&8221 Later he took a question &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:32 pm October 23, 2014
Few people think of the alternate course history could have taken, which was for government authorities to conclude that Bitcoin was simply a tool of criminals. They would have attacked Bitcoin, its developers, and users with a single-minded vengeance. Today, Bitcoin would be a small corner of the computing world, with little hope of mainstream &8230

Via BitcoinFoundation – 8:32 pm October 23, 2014
Its time for us as members to prepare again for board elections and help shape the future of our foundation. As you know, according to our bylaws, the foundation employs a democratic process where board members are elected by members. As the founding board members could not be elected by members who had yet to &8230