Bitcoin Foundation: We're Trying to Recover from the Mess Peter Vessenes Made
Amid the controversy surrounding the dismissal of two recently elected members Jim Harper and Oliver Jansen, an old piece of evidence has surfaced in bitcoin forums regarding the legitimacy of the contribution of its founding members including former Bitcoin Foundation chairman Peter Vessenes. According to the Mt. Gox counterclaim against CoinLab filed on October 9, 2013, venture-backed digital currency company CoinLab CEO Peter Vessenes wrongfully converted around US$5 million in Mt. Gox customer deposit. “CoinLab has wrongfully converted the amount of $5,315,210.79 in MtGox customer....
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Peter Vessenes, the Chairman of the Board at the Bitcoin Foundation has today published his annual letter, which addresses a number of topics which include (in order): communications, values, decentralization, privacy, and more. Vessenes begins his letter with an apology: As Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, I owe you an apology. Bitcoin has grown more quickly than we have, and we weren't prepared to keep up. What can we do to improve? I have some ideas, and I would like yours as well. First, we need to continue to staff up our communications team, and change our communications culture.....
Jon Matonis has announced he will resign from his position as executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, and that he intends to step down from the group's board of directors at the end of his term on 31st December. Bitcoin Foundation general counsel Patrick Murck will take over immediately as its newly appointed executive director, while Matonis' board seat will be filled in a January 2015 election that will also appoint new members to positions vacated by Peter Vessenes and Gavin Andresen. Matonis has served as the head of the bitcoin industry's oldest trade organisation since July....
Jon Matonis has been named as the new executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, taking over from Peter Vessenes. In an announcement on the foundation's blog, Vessenes said he believes Matonis' "work experience and passion for Bitcoin will combine into something awesome" at the Bitcoin Foundation. "I will be able to rely on Jon managing and growing the organization; this will allow me to do more of what I think I should be doing - strategizing, building relationships, fundraising and speaking," he added. Matonis said in a post explaining his decision to take on the role that he is proud....
At a press conference in Daejeon, South Korea, Bitcoin Foundation chairman Peter Vessenes alluded to his speculation that Samsung will eventually benefit from bitcoin mining as the general bitcoin infrastructure grows. The press conference took place during the Daejeon Global Innovation Forum according to the Korea Herald, which quoted Vessenes as saying "Samsung will be biggest beneficiary of the bitcoin market." Vessenes backed up the logic behind his speculation by saying that the most efficient chipmakers make far more money than those with less efficient chips. With Samsung....
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