Majority of Wikipedia editors vote to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations - The Indian Express
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7 per cent were in support of the proposal to stop crypto donations and 94 editors voted for crypto donations, others (75 users) were excluded from voting, on the account of unregistered users.
According to the information posted by a Wikipedian, who goes by the username ‘Vermont’, the Wikimedia foundation received crypto donations worth $130,000 in the most recent fiscal year, which is evidently less than 0.
More than 200 Wikipedia editors have requested the Wikimedia Foundation stop accepting cryptocurrency donations.
After a sprawling three month long discussion, where the pitfalls and promises of cryptocurrencies were discussed, a voting was done where 400 Wikipedia editors participated, out of which 232 users—71.
The Wikipedian also gave an example of Mozilla, a popular web browser which is re-evaluating their choice to accept cryptocurrency donations after considerable backlash from their supporters.
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