What Happens Next With the Bitcoin Foundation?
Bruce Fenton, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, presented to the wider public the slides and information that he was presenting at Inside Bitcoins NYC. The slides provide and reinforce information about what the Bitcoin Foundation is and what control they have over Bitcoin. Bruce Fenton: Inside Bitcoins NYC is going on now and I just made an important update. The attached PowerPoint covers my speech. The main key points are the transparency / governance initiatives being implemented now and the next projects for the future. Please let me know your thoughts and if this is the....
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