Re: Questions to candidates (financing aids & alternative priorities)

["Andres G. Aragoneses" <knocte gmail com>]

On 27/05/14 10:44, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-05-27 at 02:40 +0200, Andrés G. Aragoneses wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Sorry for the delay, I know the elections already started... but
> > apparently they questions can still be sent, so here I have two:
> >
> > - In regards to finances, I've read that much of the problem is
> > actually about the overhead and paperwork of administrative tasks
> > about the accounts with regards to tracking income and
> > controlling/approving expenses. So I'm wondering: do you think trying
> > to start moving some of these processes (in which inevitably one has
> > to deal with banks and receipts) to the use of a cryptocurrency would
> > make things easier and more transparent? I know that maybe this space
> > is a bit immature right now, but there's already many merchants
> > accepting it, and using it to send pay-outs to developers (for their
> > expenses) would allow avoiding PayPal fees, and could help maybe
> > streamline some processes?
>
> This was already answered in previous e-mails. tl;dr is "we can't,
> unless we really fancy being audited by the IRS".

I had read all questions directed to candidates before I sent my email 
and I found no question asked about bitcoin. Was it mentioned as an 
answer? (I have read some answers, and I only found bitcoin mentioned as 
an option to receive donations.) Or was it discussed much earlier than 
the candidacies were presented?

Thanks