Linus Torvalds is sitting on a Bitcoin pittance
Linus Torvalds is sitting on $136 of unclaimed Bitcoins, according to a report at IT World.
IT World has spoken with Tip4commit, a place where people can leave Bitcoins to reward code, and found that Torvalds is just one of many people who have not collected their tributes. In fact, the website told IT World that around 40 percent of its digital cash is unclaimed.
Tip4commit has a simple proposition, and that is to drive forward open source software and development. "People donate Bitcoins to projects. When someone's commit is accepted to the project repository, we automatically tip the author," it explains on its homepage. "Find a project you like and deposit bitcoins to it. Your money will be accumulated with money of other donators to tip for new commits."
