Would Linus Torvalds Please Collect His Bitcoin Tips?

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 30, 2014 @02:27AM from the just-keeping-them-backed-up-on-the-internet dept.

jfruh writes "Tip4Commit is a new service that allows anyone to link a tip for a developer to GitHub commits for open source projects. The tips are denominated in Bitcoin — and it appears that some developers aren't interested, with almost 40% of the total value tipped going uncollected. One dev who hasn't collected his $136 in tips is Linux inventor Linus Torvalds. It's not clear if the devs who aren't collecting their tips are opposed to the concept of tipping on open source projects or just don't want to deal with Bitcoin."

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Re:$136? by Arkham · 2014-01-30 03:00 · Score: -1, Troll

If a customer tried to pay me in bitcoins I'd laugh. It's got no intrinsic value (like gold or some other barter material), and it isn't accepted as payment for anything I'd want to buy. Until I can spend it at the local grocery store it's just gambling.

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Re: Value by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-30 03:20 · Score: -1, Troll

Don't collect. The app requires read and write permission to your github account. This includes write access to your ssh keys. In other words you will be owned if you collect.