Bitcoin is generally misunderstood by the HN crowd, but this is precisely one of the problem it solves. If this guy had collected donations in bitcoins, nobody would have the technical ability to shut down his "Bitcoin account" because it "suspiciously received too much too quickly".
Don't downvote me. This is a true design principle about Bitcoin.
I'm so glad you point this out since I think this is the only validly useful feature of Bitcoin. BC has its own problems but it's pretty awesome that transaction costs are nil.
Don't downvote me. This is a true design principle about Bitcoin.