There is no legally binding contract between the Foundation and the Blockchain. But it is the closest and most trustworthy entitiy there is in my opinion.
In my own opinion, I do agree in the sense that efforts to purchase the domain are valid and make sense, for a reasonable price. It is also meant as a worst-case prevention model. In that sense I would even go further:
As of right now, Cryptonomex holds the bitshares.org domain. Cryptonomex is a profit company and can go bancrupt (I couldn't find any transparent reports on that side), then the domain(s) are on the market again. Also, it is lead by one individual with all the power. Of course I do not want to insinuate any ulterior motives, but this is something one needs to think about in a worst-case-prevention model. For that reason it would feel better to give it to a non-profit entity, may it be the BBF or a new trustee. Such a trustee could additionally make a legally binding agreement that it follows what is being voted on the blockchain.
WIth the current worker I also have follow up questions:
- What is the agreed upon price? You write up to 250k USD. Is that already the price? With that funding a lot could be done in terms of advertising / branding protection and more
- What are the imposed deadlines by the seller? Is he willing to go public?
- What exactly is the plan with the referals? The infrastructure worker just managed in december to set up a transparent faucet that directly benefits all shareholders
- You want to introduce a new landing page (
http://www.is1.co/) in the same worker. What is the plan for bitshares.org?
Can you comment on that please
@cryptofielder