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No it's not. A few senators are pressing the issue. The founder of BC is scheduled to give talks at the CIA, if they were going to bust him, they would have bee
by woodall 15y ago
No it's not. A few senators are pressing the issue. The founder of BC is scheduled to give talks at the CIA, if they were going to bust him, they would have been more upfront then about the issue. I don't doubt that BC will be pressured by the government, but venturebeat is jumping the gun with this one.
- kinghajj 15y agoHis talk is on the fourteenth, I think.
- woodall 15y agoI'm so sorry! After reading over IRC logs and his forum post, you are correct. It is the 14th. http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=6652.0 http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=6652.0 http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin/logs/2011/05/15/16 http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin/logs/2011/05/15/16
- barmstrong 15y agoAlso, I wouldn't say he is the "founder". He is the maintainer of an open source project. The difference will hopefully keep him out of court, unlike the e-gold founder.
- doublec 15y agoGavin isn't the founder. He's the current maintainer of the open source software. The founder was Satoshi Nakamoto who is apparently no longer involved with the project.
- gamble 15y agoAnd may not actually exist.