Agreed

It is a donation and you probably get not a lot. https://bitcoinfoundation.org/support

I wouldn't bother donating unless you feel like they're helping the Bitcoin community a lot.

Agree, why would you donate to some random people who decided to put themselves on a pedestal?

found this on the web:


Platinum
● Observing  rights  for  board  meetings
● Voting  rights  for  one  board  seat  exclusive  to  Platinum  members
● Special  announcement  of  membership  on  foundation  blog
● Logo  on  foundation  website  "members"  page  and  ability  to  add  a  platinum  member  logo  to  your  site
or  marketing  materials
● First  right  of  refusal  for  sponsorship  opportunities  at  annual  conference
● The  right  to  run  for  Bitcoin  Foundation  board  seats  and  influence  the  direction  of  the  organization
● Exclusive  networking  opportunities  with  members  of  the  foundation  community  through
members-­only  forum
Gold
● Voting  rights  for  one  board  seat  shared  with  Silver  members
● Special  announcement  of  membership  on  foundation  blog
● Logo  on  foundation  website  "members"  page  and  ability  to  add  a  gold  member  logo  to  your  site  or
marketing  materials
● Advance  notice  of  sponsorship  opportunities  at  annual  conference
● The  right  to  run  for  Bitcoin  Foundation  board  seats  and  influence  the  direction  of  the  organization
● Exclusive  networking  opportunities  with  members  of  the  foundation  community  through
members-­only  forum
Silver
Large:  Employee  size  over  100
Medium:  Employee  size  25-­99 Small:  Companies  in  business  less  than  two  years  and  with  fewer  than  25  employees
● Voting  rights  for  one  board  seat  shared  with  Gold  members
● Logo  on  foundation  website  "members"  page  and  ability  to  add  a  silver  member  logo  to  your  site  or
marketing  materials
● Advance  notice  of  sponsorship  opportunities  at  annual  conference
● The  right  to  run  for  Bitcoin  Foundation  board  seats  and  influence  the  direction  of  the  organization
● Exclusive  networking  opportunities  with  members  of  the  foundation  community  through
members-­only  forum
*As  used  above,  "employees"  refers  to  the  number  of  employees  and  consultants  that  a  Silver  Member  has  as  of the  date  of  its  initial  application,  in  the  case  of  a  new  member,  and  on  renewal  date,  in  the  case  of  a  renewing member.

If this is true, you shouldn't be able to buy your way in. You should be invited based on merit.

Lol you must be an idiot to give 100.000$ to them! Funny the choice of words, "rights" "board meetings" "voting rights" "organization", wow seems important, when in real it is just a group of people. It is like if i create the gabi foundation and i ask you to give me 100.000$ so you can vote for... dunno... mmhh... well, the logo of the gabi foundation!!!! And of course i act like the gabi foundation is the most important thing in the bitcoin world, that we organize things, we do things etcetc

So this is just like a corrupt organisation where nobody voted for them?

Is there a list of all people involved?
Just seems like an empty prestige title

https://members.bitcoinfoundation.org/current

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