{"id":60846,"date":"2022-05-02T10:43:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T07:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=60846"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:43:30","slug":"wikimedia-foundation-stops-accepting-cryptocurrency-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wikimedia-foundation-stops-accepting-cryptocurrency-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikimedia Foundation stops accepting cryptocurrency donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that runs the free encyclopedia Wikipedia, has decided to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations. The decision followed a three-month discussion with the community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RHAD0FRA5W\">pic.twitter.com\/RHAD0FRA5W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Molly White (@molly0xFFF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/molly0xFFF\/status\/1520793329302183940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00ab[\u2026] In particular, we will close the BitPay account, which will deprive us of the ability to directly accept cryptocurrency as a donation method\u00bb, \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Talk:Requests_for_comment\/Stop_accepting_cryptocurrency_donations#Update_from_Wikimedia_Foundation\">wrote<\/a> Lisa Zeitz-Gruwell, the organization\u2019s Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWikipedia has accepted donations in Bitcoin since 2014. Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum transfers are also possible \u2014 all received digital assets are immediately converted into fiat.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00ab[\u2026] In particular, we will close the BitPay account, which will deprive us of the ability to directly accept cryptocurrency as a donation method\u00bb, \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Talk:Requests_for_comment\/Stop_accepting_cryptocurrency_donations#Update_from_Wikimedia_Foundation\">wrote<\/a> Lisa Zeitz-Gruwell, the organization\u2019s Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, a group of American congressmen <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-lawmakers-urge-epa-review-of-proof-of-work-over-environmental-impact\">expressed concern<\/a> about the Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm. They urged the Environmental Protection Agency to examine the mining industry for environmental risks and compliance with relevant laws.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2022, New York gubernatorial candidate Jumaane Williams urged state authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/new-york-gubernatorial-candidate-calls-for-ban-on-bitcoin-mining\">to ban Bitcoin mining<\/a> and other cryptocurrencies using the Proof-of-Work algorithm.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the Mozilla Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/mozilla-halts-bitcoin-donations-after-user-criticism\">announced the suspension of accepting<\/a> cryptocurrency donations after a discussion about their environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the ForkLog channel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that runs the free encyclopedia Wikipedia, has decided to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations after a three-month discussion with the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[306,1259,1801],"class_list":["post-60846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-charity","tag-ecology","tag-wikipedia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60848,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60846\/revisions\/60848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}