B. J. Guillot for Congress Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations
Washington State's congressional candidate B. J. Guillot announced last week that his campaign would now be accepting Bitcoin donations via BitPay. The Republican has been a staunch supporter of Bitcoin since 2013 and attained his first bit of the digital currency in May of the same year. Guillot has since advocated for the use of Bitcoin throughout....
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We’ve written before about enterprising American politicians accepting Bitcoin donations for their political campaigns. But B.J. Guillot is different. On Thursday, Guillot’s campaign announced that they will be accepting donations in Bitcoin. Guillot is a Republican running for Congress in Washington’s 2nd congressional district against the Democratic incumbent, Representative Rick Larsen. He also mines Bitcoin. And he’s been doing it for a while. Guillot started mining with desktop computers before working up to specialized Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) mining equipment,....
Bitcoin has finally grabbed the attention of Congress. Earlier this year, a Robocoin brand Bitcoin ATM machine was brought to D.C. and put on display in Congress. There, Congressman Jared Polis, a Democrat from Colorado, publicly purchased some bitcoin, becoming the first United States Representative to do so. Polis remains Bitcoin's biggest proponent in Congress, but if things go right in the upcoming primary and general election in November, Bitcoin could have another staunch ally. B.J. Guillot is running for a Congressional seat in Washington State's 2nd District. But, where Polis is....
Hot on the heels of the FEC's decision to allow bitcoin contributions in politics comes an announcement from Jared Polis and his campaign for reelection to his Congressional office. According to his campaign committee, Jared Polis for Congress, Mr. Polis will begin accepting bitcoin donations/contributions effective immediately. "I am thrilled that the FEC has chosen to take a forward looking stance on digital currencies, recognizing the rights of individuals seeking alternatives to government backed currencies to participate in our democratic political process," said Polis. "Bitcoin, and....
Following the unanimous decision yesterday by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to approve the acceptance of bitcoin donations for political campaigns, Democrat Jared Polis has already started accepting bitcoin for his re-election campaign. The campaign committee, Jared Polis for Congress, announced yesterday that the Colorado Representative was one of the first politicians to accept digital currencies. Donations can be made on Polis' website, which was launched shortly after the FEC vote yesterday. In a written statement, Polis said: "I am thrilled that the FEC has chosen to take a....
Wikipedia has decided to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations after eight years of doing so. The decision is based on the request by the Wikimedia community citing “issues of environmental sustainability” as a key reason. Wikipedia Discontinues Accepting Bitcoin, Crypto Donations Wikimedia Foundation has announced its decision to “discontinue direct acceptance of cryptocurrency as a means of donating.” The foundation began accepting bitcoin in July 2014. “The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and our other free knowledge....