Foundation Election Runoffs Concluding
The Bitcoin Foundation runoff elections had a surprise for its members when it started earlier this week. Without warning it had changed the format for the election to the Swam platform. Users had to re-register, download a paper wallet, copy a password from that, and then wait for an email, or not, and then they were able to vote after using the second password. The novelty of the new voting system was that it used the block chain to cast and count members votes. Through some research, a redditor was able to provide the following information. Oliver Janssens (Yes):....
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Starting with 13 Candidates in the first election round, the Bitcoin Foundation has chosen its new Directors after the elections ran to a secondary, runoff round. The Foundation allowed only the top four candidates from the first round into the runoffs, Bruce Fenton, Jim Harper, Michael Perklin, Olivier Janssens. And each candidate still required 50% approval to win a seat. The Bitcoin Foundation runoff elections have finished. Jim Harper and Olivier Janssens have won the two seats; the final tally was. Jim Harper 264 (60)%. Bruce Fenton 218 (50)%. Michael Perklin 229 (52)%. Olivier....
Bitcoin Foundation Elections ballot boxes are opening this 13th of February and close on the 19th of February. The Bitcoin Foundation, founded in 2012, has come a long way. The Bitcoin Foundation election is just around the corner. The election polls are open from the 13th of February and stay open until the 19th of February. This Bitcoin Foundation election is being held to elect two Directors, along with other board members of the Foundation. Yes, this is serious matter and an important one for all - Bitcoin enthusiasts and critics alike. Who Are The Bitcoin Foundation Election Nominees?....
Olivier Janssens and Jim Harper eventually ended up as the winners of the recently-held Bitcoin Foundation election after procuring 277 and 264 votes, respectively. Their nearest rival Michael Perklin managed to bag only 229 out of the total 440 casted votes. The election, that was held in order to democratically elect the two new board members for the Bitcoin Foundation, facedcriticism for being poorly managed. The foundation was accused by its lifetime and annual members of parachuting to a new, untested on-blockchain voting platform that eventually turned out to be highly lapsed. This....
Despite the recent controversies that have cast a shadow on the international chapter of the Bitcoin Foundation, its local affiliate chapters are in the midst of developments that are highlighting the organisation's purpose in both the bitcoin industry and the world at large. In Canada, the foundation is growing, and those who are getting involved in the structure are hopeful about its ability to positively influence the local bitcoin space. The Canadian Chapter of the Bitcoin Foundation (hereon referred to as Bitcoin Foundation Canada) recently elected two new members to its board of....
An election to fill two individual member seats at the Bitcoin Foundation has ended without a clear winner, voting results show. The Bitcoin Foundation reports that none of the 13 candidates received at least 50% of the vote from foundation members, a development that will result in another round of voting. Participants in the run-off election will include entrepreneur Olivier Janssens, former foundation global policy counsel Jim Harper, Atlantic Financial's Bruce Fenton and Michael Perklin of the CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium (C4), each of whom received at least 30% of the vote.....