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Hi Jack,


>=C2=A0The main purpose of this Fund is to defend developers from lawsuits =
regarding their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem, including finding and =
retaining defense counsel, developing litigation strategy, and paying legal=
 bills. This is a free and voluntary option for developers to take advantag=
e of if they so wish. The Fund will start with a corps of volunteer and par=
t-time lawyers. The board of the Fund will be responsible for determining w=
hich lawsuits and defendants it will help defend.

Thanks for helping the developers in legal issues. Appreciate your efforts =
and I understand your intentions are to help Bitcoin in every possible way.


Positives that I see in this initiative:

1.Developers don't need to worry about rich scammers and can focus on devel=
opment.

2.Financial help for developers as legal issues can end up in wasting lot o=
f time and money.

3.People who have misused courts to affect bitcoin developers will get bett=
er response that they deserve.


I had few suggestions and feel free to ignore them if they do not make sens=
e:

1.Name of this fund could be anything and 'The Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund' =
can be confusing or misleading for newbies. There is nothing official in Bi=
tcoin however people believe things written in news articles and some of th=
em might consider it as an official bitcoin legal fund.

2.It would be better if people involved in such important funds do not comm=
ent/influence soft fork related discussions. Example: Alex Morcos had some =
opinions about activation mechanism during Taproot soft fork IIRC.



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Prayank

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<div>Hi Jack,<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></=
div><div dir=3D"auto">&gt;&nbsp;The main purpose of this Fund is to defend =
developers from lawsuits regarding their activities in the Bitcoin ecosyste=
m, including finding and retaining defense counsel, developing litigation s=
trategy, and paying legal bills. This is a free and voluntary option for de=
velopers to take advantage of if they so wish. The Fund will start with a c=
orps of volunteer and part-time lawyers. The board of the Fund will be resp=
onsible for determining which lawsuits and defendants it will help defend.<=
br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Thanks for helping t=
he developers in legal issues. Appreciate your efforts and I understand you=
r intentions are to help Bitcoin in every possible way.<br></div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Positives=
 that I see in this initiative:<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div d=
ir=3D"auto">1.Developers don't need to worry about rich scammers and can fo=
cus on development.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">=
2.Financial help for developers as legal issues can end up in wasting lot o=
f time and money.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">3.=
People who have misused courts to affect bitcoin developers will get better=
 response that they deserve.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I had few suggestions and feel free t=
o ignore them if they do not make sense:<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"auto">1.Name of this fund could be anything and 'The Bitcoin=
 Legal Defense Fund' can be confusing or misleading for newbies. There is n=
othing official in Bitcoin however people believe things written in news ar=
ticles and some of them might consider it as an official bitcoin legal fund=
.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">2.It would be bett=
er if people involved in such important funds do not comment/influence soft=
 fork related discussions. Example: Alex Morcos had some opinions about act=
ivation mechanism during Taproot soft fork IIRC.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><di=
v>Prayank<br></div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">A3B1 E430 2298 178F<br>=
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