Bitcoin Forum

Candidates have also begun to use mobile and digital donations as a political tool – designing donation platforms that reflect their political agenda. In New Hampshire, for example, incumbent Libertarian State Representative Mark Warden added a Bitcoin donation option to his website, which promptly received over 100 Bitcoins. While these donations were given anonymously and thus prohibited from being used, Warden has since developed a customized BitPay platform that complies with campaign finance regulations.

For Warden, accepting Bitcoins – an alternative digital currencythat operates outside of the formal banking system – proves to voters his commitment to Libertarian values of currency freedom and reduced government intervention. Similarly, candidates that adopt sophisticated mobile donation platforms may prove to voters that they are tech-saavy – positioning themselves strategically as “modern” and at the forefront of technology.