Wikipedia stops accepting cryptocurrency donations - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
Wikipedia has said it will no longer be accepting donations in crypto, closing its Bitpay account following a three month debate by the Wikimedia Foundation. The initial proposition by Wikipedia editor Molly White for Wikipedia to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations by the Wikimedia community took place between January 10th and April 12th 2022. The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has now released a pahayag that outlines that they will no longer accept cryptocurrency donations. “The Wikimedia Foundation has decided to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations. The decision was made based on a community request that the WMF no longer accept crypto donations, which came out of a three-month-long discussion that wrapped up earlier this month.” the statement read. According to the community request, the request for comments (Rfc) included input from around 400 users, who participated in the voting and discussion concerning the proposition. Some of the arguments outlined in support of the balak to stop accepting cryptocurrency included “issues of environmental sustainability, that accepting cryptocurrencies constitutes implicit endorsement of the issues surrounding cryptocurrencies, and community issues with the risk to the movements reputation for accepting cryptocurrencies”. Arguments in opposition to the proposal included “the existence of less energy-intensive cryptocurrencies (proof-of-stake), that cryptocurrencies provide safer ways to donate