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Would Linus Torvalds Please Collect His Bitcoin Tips?

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Value by Joce640k · · Score: 5, Interesting

    $136 is an insult. I'd ignore it, too.

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    1. Re:Value by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      All it took was $136 to get an advertisement on the front page of Slashdot and other geek news sites. Pretty good ad for a startup nobody has ever heard of.

  2. Nah. by WizardFusion · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would think that "... just don't want to deal with Bitcoin" is spot on. For the small amount of money they will be getting, it's not worth the time.

  3. Robotic News by bradgoodman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just because it has the keywords "Bitcoin" and "Linus Torvalds" in the headline - it doesn't really mean its "news".

  4. Some developers don't know by Chemisor · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Gee, a service I have never heard of before is saying that maybe I have a valuable stash of bitcoins given to me by grateful users of my OSS project and that for a small fee they would be happy to liberate it for me for a tidy profit. Where have I heard this before?

    1. Re: Some developers don't know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      To claim the rewards you need to give the app rights to read and write your github profile, including writing email address and ssh keys. The app claims this is just so they can see your email, but this is available from the commit anyways. Seems like a big scam to me.