Bitcoin Foundation Elections: Distributed Opinion System
The Bitcoin Foundation Elections Committee has released a unique new project that has been in the works for the last year. “a new official Distributed Opinion System for the Board Elections” ~ Michael Toomim. With a newly created website dedicated to this system, The Distributed Opinion can be found here, https://bitcoin.consider.it/. Foundation members and non-members can view the candidates and their current standings with regards to the opinions of the Foundation members. Bitcoin Foundation members can change their opinions at any time after giving their initial thoughts on a candidate....
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