This Wikimedia FoundationThe group, which deals with the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia and other similar platforms, announced that it will no longer accept donations for crypto money projects. Also, the asset account in the service bit share will be closed to avoid cooperation.
According to the announcement in a thread on the foundation’s page, “times and situations have changed” since 2014, when Wikimedia allowed the offering of some cryptocurrencies as part of contributions following requests from contributors.
However, some communities have begun to pressure the group to no longer accept cryptocurrency donations – meaning that the foundation even indirectly encourages practices such as financial speculation and predatory and very expensive energy mining.
“We will continue to monitor this topic and appreciate the feedback from people in the Wikimedia movement regarding this evolving topic. We will continue to be flexible and responsive to the needs of volunteers and donors. Thanks again to all who have contributed valuable input to this topic. This is an increasingly complex and changing issue.”
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Senior Wikipedia editor Molly “GorillaWarfare” White was one of the leaders of the debate and vote, which resulted in 234 votes in favor of banning cryptocurrencies and 94 against banning cryptocurrencies.
as points Anger, this was already an increasingly rare practice out there: in 2021 it received around $130,000 in donations via cryptocurrencies – 0.08% of the total received during the year. On the other hand, last year, Wikipedia’s co-founder sold the first edition on the site as a non-tradable token (NFT) at auction.
Source: Tec Mundo
