[tor-relays] Reimbursement of Exit Operators

[Gordon Morehouse]

On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 08:10:25 -0400, tor at t-3.net wrote:

> The OP I saw said:
> 
>  The Wau Holland Foundation can currently only
> reimburse via wire transfer.
> 
> This seems to be end-of-story in terms of who, in the end, is 
> ultimately getting liability/risk, and points to practically no chance 
> at anonymity within our currently hacked banking system. It's not 
> related to taxation or what organization may or may not be trusted. 
> It's about what information is being gathered from the system by 3rd 
> parties for possible use tomorrow.

I suspect the methods of value transfer can be added to in the future.

> There's another perspective to this as well. Speaking objectively and 
> without knowledge of the organization involved, and nothing personal 
> intended. It may be worth noting that certain presumably-Tor-hostile 
> and well-funded agencies are known to infiltrate the tech 
> organizations/efforts which they wish to weaken, and influence them 
> from the inside. In this context, seeing Tor's exit node operators 
> being offered cash via bank transfer is waist-deep into creepy.
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 18/09/2013 at 7:38 am, Tom Ritter  wrote:
> > create or work with a trusted organization who is willing to shoulder 
> > liability, risk, and expense of investigating the legality and tax 
> > consequences, and then actually executing, reimbursing people through 
> > anonymous means.It's not easy. May not even be possible. But there is 
> > a rigid but not inflexible framework of tax law that must be worked 
> > within.

Bitcoins, until they're banned, from the entity receiving the bank transfer and delivering a middle finger to whoever's askin'. :P

> > IMO, this is net gain. Excited to see it happen, and congrats to all 
> > whose hard work has brought it here.

+1.

Best,
-Gordon M.