I'm also going to ask everyone in this space to be in the second bucket. Do something about this injustice. Think about the software you could write.
Funny you say this, I am an Ethereum developer (with large crowdfunding campaign experience), and Lyn and I have made contact (thanks to her post on #steemit) to open up a discussion around the development of an Ethereum smart-contract (100% completely transparent) crowdfunding campaign, to raise funds which would 100% go towards helping fight this important, landmark, U.S legal case, with the aim of reducing Ross' sentence (at the least) or, for a complete re-trial.
I believe, we could potentially raise millions in doing so for the sole purpose of contributing to the @rossulbricht legal defense team.
Please, spread the word, and follow me @darknet to keep updated!
p.s - you can see @rossulbricht interest in my suggestion under my recent replies here, or her original post here, in the comments section.
Excellent Idea. I spoke to Lyn last year and was close to launching a freeross Counterparty token. The timing wasn't right, so I decided not to do so. I would be excited to see some sort of token based fund raiser. Specially with a smart contract.
How many people realise they can support Ross' legal defence by transferring their Steemit balance to @rossulbricht ?
Not enough. But yes, this is another great use case for #steemit!
Here is a donation button for @rossulbricht
A full crowdfunding campaign will help bring awareness to this, as well as offer allow another form of contribution, in the form of Ethereum (being the 2nd largest market cap, such a campaign could be wildly successful).
Also, via the use of a smart-contract, we can even implement voting mechanisms as to how the money raised should be used (if @rossulbricht would like to do it that way).
I will keep everybody updated.