The Bitcoin Foundation discovers the limits of anarchy
The Bitcoin Foundation is nonprofit body that struggles to present itself as the public face of the virtual currency and maintain its technical standards. Pierce is a former Disney child star who for years has been entangled in allegations of sexual abuse.
Pierce’s troubled history surfaced again last month in connection with a lawsuit filed by former child actor Michael Egan against “X-Men” director Bryan Singer and other entertainment figures. Pierce and two other men had been named by Egan in an earlier lawsuit alleging rape and assault; that case ended with a jury award of $4.5 million to Egan and two co-plaintiffs, though the defendants later settled out of court.
Pierce has denied the allegations. In an email to Joseph Menn of Reuters, he asserted, “The allegations against me are not true, and I have never had intimate or sexual contact with any of the people who made those allegations.”
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