2013年的11月18日,美国参议院将会进行一场关于比特币听证会,比特币基金会的法律顾问Patrick Murck届时会向参议院国土安全及政府事物(HSGAC)委员会和参议员银行委员会介绍比特币的有关情况。此事件在比特币社区中引起了热议,很多人表达了对比特币基金会权利过大的担忧。Bitcoin Foundation
首先,编者和小伙伴们先来看一下比特币基金会的一些基本资料。
谁是比特币基金会说到比特币基金会,很多小伙伴都听说过,但是不甚了解。那么谁组成了比特币基金会呢?比特币基金会是做什么的呢?
我们从比特币基金会的官方网站可以查询到,比特币基金会现有成员由8个。首席科学家是Gavin Andresen,董事局主席是Peter Vessenes。
比特币基金会除了董事局成员外,还招收普通会员。如果你想成为比特币基金会的会员只要缴纳一定的会费即可,现在一个普通年费会员的价格为0.07BTC,终身会员的价格为0.7BTC。比特币类的公司可以申请银牌会员,金牌会员和白金会员资格。
基金会能干什么比特币基金会的职责是什么?从基金会的网站上看比特币基金会称自己是一个非盈利性组织。他的任务主要有三个:
1比特币代码的标准化。确切的说,比特币基金会下面的团队负责着比特币代码的维护和开发工作,有用Github的小伙伴可以关注一下比特币项目的Master Branch,看看是谁天天在对代码进行维护。
2保护比特币,确切的说是保护比特币协议的完整性和正确性。比特币作为一种数字货币是由一套完整的加密算法模型所支持的,这套模型可以防止Double Spend等问题。
3推广比特币,由于比特币的原理复杂,容易被人误解。比特币基金会负责着推广比特币,以及和政府沟通的任务。这次基金会的法律顾问去参加参议院的听证就是此例。
基金会代表谁在比特币基金会的官方网站上我们可以找到一个Why We Need a Foundation的栏目,上面大概的解释了我们为什么需要一个像比特币基金会这样的组织。
1,由于比特币基金会负责这比特币的推广工作,他们会力图使更多的商家来接受比特币,并完善比特币的生态环境。
2,比特币基金会以后会力求做到权利的p2p化,让整个社区来决定比特币的未来走向而不是基金会。
对于第一点,其实商家是否接受比特币是完全自愿的,你不能强迫一个人或者组织来接受任何货币。另外,从现在的情况来看,比特币推广工作的绝大部分是由比特币的粉丝门自愿完成的,而不是基金会。
对于第二点,看来基金会已经意识到权利集中化的坏处了,或者说他们想在现阶段留一个好的口碑。比特币是天生自由的,不需要任何中心化的组织和个人来进行干预。即使使代码层面也不需要一个特定的组织来维护,全世界的开源社区会集体自觉的维护比特币代码的正确性。事实证明,中本聪先生设计比特币时并没有什么基金会来承担维护工作,开源社区的p2p分散模式的分工足以承担一切。
关于比特币基金会的疑问关于比特币基金会这个组织,我们有几点疑问,也许基金会的透明化会消除这些疑问。
1比特币基金会的董事成员是社区推荐的么?人选由谁来决定?有什么标准来确定这个人是否有进入董事会的资格?
2比特币基金会的收入需要完全的公开化和透明化,社区需要知道谁资助了基金会,基金会的股东构成是怎样的。
3比特币基金会运作的完全透明化。基金会需要完全透明自己的运作,对比特币有影响的改动和代码修改必须受到整个社区的监督,因为比特币不属于美国,不属于基金会,比特币属于全世界。
Bitcoiners的担忧对于参议院和基金会你更担心哪个呢?比特币基金会会不会为利益背叛比特币社区呢?在bitcointalk社区中,相比起美国参议院,很多人表达了对比特币基金会的担忧。让我们看看这些小伙伴们说了什么。
Come-from-Beyond Hero Member |
Waste of time. A decentralized currency doesn’t need that. |
Gabi Hero Member |
Bitcoin exists exactly to solve the problem they created. Going to speak with them is useless, if it would be useful then we would not need bitcoin, we would just go there and tell them “ehi what about stop printing money like there is no tomorrow, what about the current financial system being totally fucked, what about frozen money, what about trillions and trillions of debts, what about bailing out banks with people money etcetc” |
stan.distortionHero Member |
Take no shit. |
Bitware Hero Member |
TBF reps… please keep in your minds the following.We need a world currency where no one nation, nor group of nations are at an advantage over any others.
That said, those quotes were posted to remind TBF representatives of the core of who and what they are going up against…
People who lie, cheat, steal and kill to get their way. |
Rassah Hero Member |
I would like to attend this meeting, even if I have to sit quietly in the back. Is there information on how I might be able to do that? I,d also like to help any way I can (I’m near DC) |
deepceleronHero Member |
Bankers funnel millions into the coffers of lawmakers and lobbyists to do their bidding and get laws written that are favorable to them. There are many companies that use Bitcoin as a foundation of their business, and consumers that do not want to have banking extract wealth from them by inserting itself into their money storage and payments, and it is reasonable for a lobbying group to exist that can collectively represent their interests too. |
TheButterZoneHero Member |
Every time an inch of liberty is ceded, the totalitarians take googolplex light years. It will take illegal acts such as perjury and bribery to determine whether the exercises of economic liberty using bitcoin are eventually made multiple felonies (despite having no victims but we the future defendants), or not.
The Foundation vs The Establishment (which could very easily turn bitcoin against itself by paying untraceable BTC bribes and kickbacks to lawmakers to make BTC entirely “black market” i.e. eliminate their legal competition): which do you think has deeper pockets? |
Augusto Croppo Hero Member |
They are not speaking for the rest of us, they are speaking for themselves, which includes the main developer of the Bitcoin software. They are, however, offering the opportunity to anyone provide suggestions to improve the debate they will have with USA federal government. By the way, they can and they will represent the Bitcoin software, whatever you like or not. |
很多社区的小伙伴们在担心比特币基金会最终会变成美国的帮凶而不会为比特币玩家来说话,事实上这种担心是非常有道理的。比特币是属于全人类的资产,而不能由基金会来操控。
就算基金会完全代表比特币社区的利益,他的权利都应该被整个比特币社区所监督,比特币基金会不能作为一种凌驾于社区而存在的组织,因为谁也不能保证他们:Don’t be evil。
作者:Fortuna原文来自:http://p2pbucks.com/?p=9190 |