On Wed, 2017-10-25 at 16:15 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 01:33:09PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Elise Wood writes ("Bitcoin donations"):
> > > Have you considered adding an address for bitcoin donations? Would you?
> >
> > After reading _Attack of the 50-foot blockchain_ by David Gerard, my
> > (previously merely rather sceptical) attitude to Bitcoin has
> > hardenened.
> >
> > IMO Debian should not encourage or support Bitcoin in any way.
>
> I consider Bitcoin to still be far less repulsive than both the mainstream
> banking system and para-banks like Paypal.
>
> And why would you refuse a way to submit donations that's convenient for
> some donors?
[...]
Mozilla tried it and the result was a net negative:
https://fundraising.mozilla.org/bitcoin-donations-to-mozilla-17-days-in/
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. - Anne Morrow
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