COLIN GALLAGHER – BITCOIN FOUNDATION ELECTIONS

We have reached out to the candidates for the upcoming Bitcoin Foundation Elections and asked each candidate a set of questions. In the interest of fairness, all candidates were asked the same questions at the same time, and all responses (that did respond) have been received before the publication of this first article.
Colin Gallagher
Is currently a volunteer as Interim Chair, Education Committee of the Bitcoin Foundation, and is on the Advisory Board(s) atThe Lifeboat Foundation, including the New Money Systems Board.
He is running for one of the Individual Director seats of the Bitcoin Foundation.
Tell us a little about your involvement in the Cryptocurrency (or related) sector?
I have been involved in cryptocurrencies, beginning with Bitcoin, since early 2011, just before bitcoin came to parity with the US dollar. I was asked to evaluate Bitcoin in Jan. 2011 by protest organizers who advocated for bitcoin use due to their thoughts on its potential for communication, censorship resistance, and alternatives to centralization. (Some organizers participated in Occupations on June 14, 2011, including a Zuccotti Park occupation which preceded and merged into Occupy protests that began Sept. 17, 2011.) My earliest experience with Bitcoin led me to distrust MtGox (which I never used), to use Core, and redefine ‘transactions.’
What is your primary reason for running for a Director seat?
To ensure that choice for the users is emphasized and protected in any decision that the Board makes. There are over 13,724,525 bitcoins in circulation at the time I’m writing this. The Board helps fund development, and in decisions on this and other matters user choice must be a primary consideration. This will minimize potential for coercion in what is arguably a nascent system.

This post was published at Crypto Coins News on February 2, 2015.