The former head of Twitter is spearheading a new effort to advocate on behalf of Bitcoin (BTC) developers in legal matters. Jack Dorsey announced the creation of the nonprofit Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund (BLDF) in an email sent to members of the developer community. “The Bitcoin community is currently the subject of multi-front litigation. Litigation […]
A recent letter published to the Bitcoin developers mailing list written by Square founder Jack Dorsey indicates that a legal defense fund has been created for open source developers in order to protect them “from lawsuits regarding their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem.” Dorsey’s letter is also signed by Alex Morcos of Chaincode Labs and […]
Square CEO Jack Dorsey continues to work on new bitcoin-related endeavors by launching a new fund to provide legal defense for BTC developers. Called “Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund,” its first activity will be to assist in the ongoing Tulip Trading lawsuit. In an email sent to BTC developers, Dorsey described the new fund as a […]