Bitcoin Foundation Individual Seat Candidate Transcription: Trace Mayer
Adam B. Levine (Let's Talk Bitcoin): Please introduce yourself and give a brief overview of what you hope to accomplish with your candidacy. Trace Mayer: I'm Trace Mayer. I've been involved with Bitcoin for a long time. Actually, Jon Matonis and I started our Bitcoin blogs within about a week of each other. We've been major thought leaders together in....
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With board elections just around the corner in January 2015, the Bitcoin Foundation is gearing up for the cycle with some new ideas when it comes to electing individuals who are a great fit for a seat on the board. Interestingly, this next election will be making use of a cryptographic voting system, but that's not all. The Bitcoin Foundation says they are considering forming a member-led nomination committee. "It is my sincere hope that the nominating committee can gather and organize input from the membership on what the ideal candidate characteristics would be for the open Individual....
The recent Bitcoin Foundation blog details how no candidate managed to reach the required quorum in the Bitcoin Foundation elections this month. What this means is that no one has yet been selected for either of the two individual Director seats. The election will, therefore, commence to a run-off, a second round of voting. Each registered Foundation member can vote on as many candidates as they wish, but a candidate is required to gain 50% approval to win a seat. You can read more about quorum and the bylaws amendments in our February article covering the election. The votes from this....
There has unfortunately been recent confusion with the Bitcoin Foundation Elections. We attempted to highlight the new criteria in our first article covering the Foundation elections and at the end of each following candidate article, gently nudged people that they might want to read the initial election article. That due to a recent change in the bylaws, members were required to "activate" their account for voting. This new change came about due to the previous election rules requiring a certain percentage of the membership to vote for a candidate for that candidate to win. Because of....
The Bitcoin Foundation has recently divulged its goals for 2016 amid controversy surrounding the organization. Is the Bitcoin Foundation Coming to an End? Many of bitcoins earliest spokespeople have separated themselves from the group. “It’s gonna cost money [to rehabilitate its image] and its lost so much credibility within the industry,”Trace Mayer said in a recent interview. “The problem is outside the industry people still kind of look at it and give it credence.” Mayer considered the notion of rehabilitating the foundation, but suggests “just winding it up.” He does have one concern:....