RE: Crypto Donations (was: Re: What is the status of the FreeBSD development process now?)
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Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:28:55 UTC
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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>Karl Derringer</b>, Thank you for clearing that up for us. I do appreciate the difference in you’re perception and there by </p><p class=MsoNormal>walked in a daily setting, from the perception of others in this field of intelligence, computational thinking. </p><p class=MsoNormal>No, there is no real value in currency, period. Only, there are values to a crypto or federal currencies, because the </p><p class=MsoNormal>big money hot heads just want to see how much all of us will fall down the rabbit hole. And, also the criminal activity, </p><p class=MsoNormal>it’s all governed by the same big shots. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyways, <b>Thank You ALL</b> <b>at FREEBSD.ORG<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have learned and became to be familiar with certain developmental/programs/apps, in which you have written</p><p class=MsoNormal>about in the forum? Well, the emails I receive.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,</p><p class=MsoNormal>A.J.W.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:karl@denninger.net">Karl Denninger</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, November 4, 2022 11:00 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org">freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: Crypto Donations (was: Re: What is the status of the FreeBSD development process now?)</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 11/4/2022 10:56, Wojciech Puchar wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>[...] <br>Unfortunately FreeBSD still does not <br>accept any donations via cryptocurrency. <br>Nor has FreeBSD community yet participated in any <br>crypto crowd funded code dev/bug/doc etc bounties. <br>The world is moving there, others are already making <br>good use of them, best get on that, have fun :) <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Honestly, this seems to me simply to be good policy on the part of <br>the foundation (not accepting donations via crypto). There's no <br>apparent benefit as far as I can see, and the extreme volatility of <br>all existing cryptocurrencies by itself strikes me as an excellent <br>reason to continue the current policy. -- George <br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Why? Accept and instantly change to something else. <br><br>Let's clear things up. <br><br>Crypto currencies are really worth nothing. Just people do believe they are worth something. It represent no real value. <br><br>Classic currencies are really worth nothing. Just people do believe they are worth something. It represent value equal heat of combustion - if you have papers. Or zero if just in bank. <br><br>The only difference is that classic currencies are enforced by law. Crypto are not. <br><br>So you shouldn't differentiate, just then convert to currency or some other good you need. To avoid risks - do it at the day when crypto currency is transferred. <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p>IMHO this is at its foundation a political statement; one who has crypto something and wishes to donate to FreeBSD can trivially exchange it for "classic currency" and donate the classic currency. Indeed you so-state in your first line in that there is no reason the person who wishes to make the donation cannot simply remove the entire point of debate by "instantly changing it to something else", in this case dollars.</p><p>One thing I do like about FreeBSD is that it has mostly stayed out of said political debates, which is IMHO a good thing.</p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Karl Denninger<br><a href="mailto:karl@denninger.net">karl@denninger.net</a><br><i>The Market Ticker</i><br><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>