I spoke with the people who will be the representatives of the member companies. My goal wasnt to determine across the board values alignment, but only if I thought this was workable and "could this lead to positive results for Bitcoin?"

schmidty

I know exactly how "nine giant institutions form a group to 'help' Bitcoin" sounds, I had the same reaction. So before accepting, I spoke one-on-one with each company about their values and priorities, to judge whether this would actually be a productive initiative for Bitcoin.

How does one speak one-on-one with a company?

Who is the one at those in part behemoth companies who can mirror the company's intention so accurately you can come to a reasonably confident judgment?

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Bitcoin Security Consortium Announcement

> I know exactly how "nine giant institutions form a group to 'help' Bitcoin" sounds, I had the same reaction. So before accepting, I spoke one-on-one with each company about their values and priorities, to judge whether this would actually be a productive initiative for Bitcoin.

How does one speak one-on-one with a company? 

Who is the one at those in part behemoth companies who can mirror the company's intention so accurately you can come to a reasonably confident judgment?