I was curious about the bitcoin foundation and their lack of leadership with regards to the MtGox problems. I decided to check the whois records somewhere around Feb 20, 2014. I was surprised to find that Mark Karpeles owned the bitcoinfoundation.org domain name (see quote below).
Question 1: Did Karpeles' ownership of the domain name take precedence over the foundations responsibility to the Bitcoin community?
Question 2: Why did the foundation essentially pave a road to MtGox without any warning to the community?
When I heard about Mark Karpeles' resignation from the foundation I checked whois again and found that Mark's ownership in the domain name was transferred to the Bitcoin foundation on Feb. 23, 2014. I looked for any news or warnings from the foundation about MtGox and only found that they were wishing him well as they parted ways.
I believe that the foundation knew at that point for sure that Mark was going to file for bankruptcy very soon.
Question 3: Why did the foundation accept assets from Mark Karpeles when he is on the verge of bankruptcy. Why are you not returning those assets now that he is in bankruptcy. Do you believe your recovery rights usurp Japanese bankruptcy laws and the rights of the victims to recover their losses.
Question 4: Did you receive any bitcoins from Mark during this transfer of assets?
I look forward to your responses to these questions.
Xtib
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