From PC Mag: The Wikimedia Foundation is no longer accepting cryptocurrency donations.
Based on user requests, the nonprofit began taking crypto contributions in 2014. Following a three-month comment period earlier this year, though, a majority of community members voted in favor of ending the practice in a 232-94 vote.
"We are making this decision based on recent feedback from [volunteer and donor] communities," Lisa Seitz-Gruwell, Wikimedia Foundation chief advancement officer, wrote in a Sunday announcement. "Specifically, we will be closing our Bitpay account, which will remove our ability to directly accept cryptocurrency as a method of donating."
Software engineer and Wikipedia editor Molly "GorillaWarfare" White in January proposed an end to cryptocurrency donations, arguing that the approach contradicts WMF's "commitment to environmental sustainability" and signals an endorsement of technology she calls "inherently predatory."
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