Wikimedia "Cautious" About Wikipedia Accepting Bitcoin, Says Jimmy Wales
A brief correspondence on Twitter between a man and Chairman of the Wikimedia Foundation Jimmy Wales revealed that the organization that cares for the Wikipedia only encyclopedia is "cautious" about accepting bitcoin. No specific reasons were provided, though it should be noted that according to Wales, "Staff are looking into lightweight implementation and will make recommendation to [the] board". @mrschtief Staff are looking into lightweight implementation and will make recommendation to board as I understand it. We are cautious. - Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) April 11, 2014. This isn't....
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Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, said in a Twitter conversation that Wikimedia, the non-profit foundation that operates the site, was "cautious" about the Internet encyclopaedia accepting bitcoin donations. When Twitter user 'Mister Schief' asked Wales for an update on Wikimedia Foundation accepting bitcoin donations, Wales responded by saying that staff were looking into a lightweight implementation: @mrschtief Staff are looking into lightweight implementation and will make recommendation to board as I understand it. We are cautious. :). - Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) April 11,....
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, plans to discuss with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Directors the possibility of the famous Internet encyclopaedia accepting bitcoin. Wales has been experimenting with digital currency, recently setting up a bitcoin wallet with Coinbase and posting his wallet address on Twitter. This is my bitcoin address: 1McNsCTN26zkBSHs9fsgUHHy8u5S1PY5q3 @Kosmatos. - Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) March 6, 2014. Blockchain shows that, since Thursday (6th March), the wallet address has received around 5 BTC, which is currently worth around $3,104. Wales said he will....
Jimmy Wales Source: Twitter. Wikimedia President Jimmy Wales is excited to discover the world of bitcoin, and while doing so, he's accidentally started a bitcoin donation campaign by simply sharing his bitcoin address on social media. At the time of this writing, Wales' bitcoin address has received over 10 BTC from members of the community, translating to over $6,000 USD and counting. That's certainly a difference from the 0.1 BTC Wales started off with this weekend, and it's all going to a good cause: Wikipedia. The bitcoin community is cleverly using this as an opportunity to nudge....
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