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Bitcoin Foundation !== Bitcoin I have no clue what this foundation about, who are these people, but still can use bitcoin (or any altcoin really.) I guess this

• nostrademons 12y ago
  The Bitcoin Foundation is the non-profit trade organization responsible for development of the core protocol & Bitcoin client libraries and advocacy of the Bitcoin protocol itself. Think of it like the Linux Foundation, Python Software Foundation, or W3C - its job is to coordinate and advocate for the technology itself, because everybody in the ecosystem benefits from that. So yes, you can use Bitcoin without caring about the foundation, but future development of the protocol, including most of the interesting stuff surrounding smart contracts and apps. It's somewhat unfortunate that it doesn't have the buy-in of many leading players in the Bitcoin ecosystem (and your comment is evidence of that), because that indicates a possible leadership vacuum and fragmentation in the near future.
  • jgalt212 12y ago
    tl/dr for the js inclined: Bitcoin == Bitcoin Foundation