@kaido19
If the claimant is subject to the jurisdiction of USA, we will not approve that claim, no matter how many bitcoins the claimant holds in his/her wallet. If the claimant has any presence or residency in USA, then he/she is subject to the jurisdiction of USA. A significant number of Retail Merchants and startups will be from USA. So, we are not really isolating it! USA is a very important market for us.
If the claimant is not subject to the jurisdiction of USA, then he/she must have at least 0.001BTC to be able to file a claim. About half of all BTC addresses hold below 0.001 BTC, yet all such balances add up to only 0.01% of total bitcoins!
The last piece we look at is whether the claimant provided a valid email address or not. A valid email address is required to consider any claim.
Bitcoin RM is the first smart fork and it is really uncharted territory if we have to commit to a narrow processing window for each claim. We may need to request additional info if we suspect fraud or unusual activity, or we may need to pause claims for an hour or two to verify that all of our systems are secure or we may need to slow down claim processing if mining is too slow. This is why we are giving ourselves a wide processing window of 7 days.
We will not arbitrarily harass, deny or delay any valid claim. Doing so without proper justification goes against our goal of connecting with community and furthering our mission. So, please do not be discouraged by all the crazy sounding rules... those are there to protect all of us, the Bitcoin RM team and its community of users and merchants. We want to be transparent, honest and involve the community as much as possible. That is why we started this Pre-ANN, rather just final ANN on the day of forking
why does it take long to review and approve a claim request? ie 7 days, is the review not only subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and having at least 0.001 BTC in their wallet ?, is there anything else that needs serious reviews besides those two things?
