The only reason they exist was to organize and pay developers a salary for working on Bitcoin F/T. Then they had the stupid idea of lobbying the US fed essentia

The only reason they exist was to organize and pay developers a salary for working on Bitcoin F/T. Then they had the stupid idea of lobbying the US fed essentially begging to be regulated while everybody else preferred Bitcoin remain a commodity, and unregulated for as long as possible. They operate in secret as well which is strange for an open source project.