@darkwolf GrapheneOS is an open source privacy project with a development team spread around the world. It exists to protect people from corporate and government surveillance.
GrapheneOS isn't a business and our legal entity is a Canadian non-profit organization.
GrapheneOS is entirely funded by donations. The majority of the donations are made via cryptocurrency.
We pay people an hourly rate set in USD or CAD. We currently pay around 14 people with Ethereum donations and 1 person with CAD.
Replying to @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social
@darkwolf People's conversations, thoughts and financial transactions have been largely private for most of human history. Law enforcement still managed to do their jobs. They can continue to do so in a world where privacy technologies preserve historical privacy norms.
We use and support open source projects working on restoring the privacy provided by cash including Monero. Moving from cash to credit cards, PayPal, etc. is an ongoing privacy disaster. Bitcoin and Ethereum currently are too.
Replying to @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social
@GrapheneOS @darkwolf I really don't get this discussion: @GrapheneOS is providing us with a superbly secure and polished alternative to privacy nightmares such as stock android or apple. If they choose to pay their devs in crypto (and the devs are happy with it), why should this be a problem? Also - if the developers feel they are more productive using AI - why shouldn't they?
Replying to @black_knight@mastodon.social
@black_knight
@GrapheneOS @darkwolf
It probably deals with the ethical problems with both technologies
Replying to @Green_Red_Black@kolektiva.social
@Green_Red_Black
I can somewhat understand the talk about ethical problems of ML.
But what are the ethical problems with cryptocurrencies?