Cody Wilson Speaks Out on Campaign to Dismantle Bitcoin Foundation
Anarchist activist Cody Wilson has officially launched his candidacy for the upcoming Bitcoin Foundation board elections, and reaffirmed his intention to try and disband the organization from within if successful. Wilson nominated himself with a post on the foundation's forums on 20th December and has also launched a website to support his campaign. A staunch opponent of bitcoin regulation or centralization, Wilson is also best known for co-founding Defense Distributed, a donor-funded nonprofit organization that designs and distributes plans for the 3D-printed 'Liberator' pistol and 'Ghost....
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Two months ago we reported that crypto-anarchist Cody Wilson disclosed that he would run for a board seat on the Bitcoin Foundation for no other reason than to disband the organization from within. Also read: Cody Wilson Plans to Destroy the Bitcoin Foundation. Now he has written an article where he elaborates on why the Bitcoin Foundation is bad and why it must be destroyed. "This Bitcoin Foundation works to provide the moral foundation for state action against bitcoin. Its apologists' proliferating canards aren't just the justification of the state-form in thought, but the State's....
Upstart Business Journal reveals that crypto-anarchist Cody Wilson will run for a board seat on the Bitcoin Foundation for no other reason than to disband the organization from within. His next opportunity will be in January 2015 when some seats will be up for election. Wilson said: "I will run on a platform of the complete dissolution of the Bitcoin Foundation and will begin and end every single one of my public statements with that message." Wilson is a co-founder of Dark Wallet, a project that adds layers of privacy and anonymity to Bitcoin transactions. He is also a co-founder and....
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correct an inaccuracy. The Crypto Show is a radio show — not a podcast — which is broadcast on 89.1 FM in Austin, Texas. We have also added Lyn Ulbricht’s and Cody Wilson’s comments regarding Ghost Gunner’s legality.The Crypto Show, a popular cryptocurrency radio show, began a StartJoin crowdfunding....
This article first appeared at Bitcoin Not Bombs. I had the opportunity to sit down with Cody Wilson, the creator of the world's first 3D printed gun and founder of Defense Distributed, at the Freedom Summit in Phoenix, AZ. We were both there to give talks on Bitcoin and the event was put on by radio host Ernest Hancock of Freedom's Phoenix and Declare Your Independence. In this interview we discuss philosophy, decentralized resistance, Dark Wallet, Defense Distributed, and the role of humor in activism. I really enjoyed talking with Cody, who is fascinating and frank in this interview,....
A new community driven wallet called “Dark Wallet” is launching today. A little team of radical coders, on the leading positions of unSystem with Cody Wilson and Amir Taaki made a community developed project. Cody Wilson is also the inventor of the Liberator, a gun made almost entirely from plastic pieces created with a 3-D printer; he uploaded to the Internet a blueprint that anyone could use to print such a gun. Wilson complied—but not before the files had been downloaded two hundred thousand times, igniting a debate about whether there should be limits to the free flow of information....