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Romanian Bitcoin Entrepreneur Steps In To Pay OpenBSD Shortfall

Posted by timothy on from the money-is-what-keeps-the-lights-on dept.

New submitter MrBingoBoingo writes "Recently it was announced here on Slashdot that OpenBSD was facing an impending shortfall that jeopardized its continued existence. A sponsorship to save OpenBSD has been announced, and it wasn't one of the usual culprits that saved OpenBSD, but a Romanian Bitcoin billionaire."

4 of 209 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Perhaps... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cheap hot air is actually great if you have a gas turbine and a generator and can sell the resulting electricity.

    --
    Ezekiel 23:20
  2. Re:Mircea Popescu is a criminal... nothing more by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps Obama could chip in some of the bitcoin seized from Silk Road to keep OpenBSD afloat. :)

  3. Re:Mircea Popescu is a criminal... nothing more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Bitcointalk is the worst place for BTC news.

    There's someplace where there's more Bitcoin news than Slashdot? Dear God!

  4. Re:Perhaps... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Yes, very easy.
    http://buttcoin.org/easy