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Subject: RE: Crypto Donations (was: Re: What is the status of the FreeBSD development process now?)
From: Amanda Wallace <mandyliscious4 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2022-11-12 17:28:55
Message-ID: 2357934F-3901-4C33-A3B6-CD09FF05791A () hxcore ! ol
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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 \
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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 \
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<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 \
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