Bitcoin Foundation Extends Signup Deadline For Industry Members to Vote in April Election
The Bitcoin Foundation announced on Friday afternoon that they're extending the signup deadline for new Industry Members to April 15th. This will allow the members to take part in the upcoming election, as the Industry Member status is required for participation. Next month's election aims to fill in two vacant industry board seats, one of which belonged to disgraced bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. The Bitcoin Foundation says, "Any industry member signed up with a current industry membership by April 15, 2014 will be able to vote," and "Any industry member that has a current industry membership....
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The Bitcoin Foundation has extended the deadline for voting in its ongoing special election to fill the two industry seats left vacant by Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles and former BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem. Though voting was originally slated to end at midnight EST on 28th April, the deadline has been extended to Wednesday, 30th April. Brian Goss, chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation's election committee, sent the message via email to eligible voters, notifying them of the change. Wrote Goss: "On account [of] the hiccups we had getting the vote launched as well as the numerous reports of....
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In an email to eligible voters, the Bitcoin Foundation has noted they are planning to extend their election for two vacant industry seats on their board. Voting was originally expected to end on the 28th of April at midnight, but the Foundation says that date has been pushed up two days to the 30th of April. The reason? Technical difficulties. That's according to chairman of the Foundation's election committee Brian Goss, who wrote the following (via CoinDesk): On account [of] the hiccups we had getting the vote launched as well as the numerous reports of ballots getting stuck in spam....
Candidates in the ongoing Bitcoin Foundation election to fill two vacant board of director positions have expressed concern at a low voter turnout. Candidate Jim Harper of the Cato Institute, and former global policy counsel for the foundation, has pointed out that only 364 of the organisation's roughly 2,728 members have registered to vote - about 13% (this figure has been revised-please see below). This is in part due to the Bitcoin Foundation's requirement that members must confirm their intention to vote before becoming eligible, he contends. The 364 figure means the minimum threshold....