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you believed it, right?

Well, it's april the first, guys!   :)

I curse you.

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x4. I thought a while ago about suggesting a pledge to convince them, but figured we could never succeed in 4,000 years (they're ideologically inclined towards it, but they're too mainstream and large). When this happens for real, it will be HUGE.

This might happen sooner than we think.  Wikipedia has a lot of things in common with Bitcoin, and I can imagine that some Wikipedia admins who still remember the poineering spirit from the early days of Wikipedia, will want to give the Bitcoin project a chance.  Also, don't forget Jimmy Wales is a libertarian.  

Got me to click. +1

So were the founders of Paypal.

They're probably accept bitcoin donations if you want to give it away.

It's not 2011 anymore, and it's not April's fools. I thought I'd practise the dark arts of necromancy on this classic thread, now that Wikipedia accepts Bitcoin donations, this time for real.

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/30/wikimedia-foundation-now-accepts-bitcoin/

(Necromancy is never pretty so apologies to anyone who read the thread and thought it's still a joke)

As I can see wikimedia is accepting bitcoin. Does it mean we'll get to see the bitcoin logo when wikipedia will raise donation ?

I doubt it, it's just another one in a long list of possible payment options.

And if they did...... And???

People will more likely see Amazon, Google, Microsoft, or any other large company accept Bitcoin.

Hey thanks for the update... I like engaging in this practice from time to time as well (bringing back posts from the dead, especially if they involve Gox or Silk Road)

PS - your paper on colored coins is brilliant!

According to the comments on that blogpost you still need to provide a whole slew of personal information when making a Bitcoin donation. Way to miss the point, Wikipedia ^^

must be whats causing last price drop: wiki moving donations into fiat. curse you welsh!

hell, its about time!  8)

You know things are looking up when you see places like Wikipedia start to accept bitcoin. Still got a way to go yet with other companies but seeing more accept it is a step in the right direction. Very pleased to see Wikipedia jump on the bitcoin wagon :)

i still can't believe it took them this long to start accepting bitcoin.. they probably lost out on a lot of money for making such a dumb decision when bitpay and coinbase have been around to mitigate any sort of risk for them.

Google, Samsung, Apple, Facebook is what we need actually. With Google being first  ;)

I just sent them .25 BTC.

https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/Bitcoins

Its donations! what risk could there even be?

None. They were just acting like douchebags.

I believed it for a second.  It's too bad it's an april fools joke.  To be honest, IMHO, bitcoin and wikipedia really fit well together.  They're both about using technological advances to reimagine a traditional system.  They both have an element of disruption to the status quo.  With companies in place ready to convert btc to fiat, what's taking wikipedia so long?!

It's a nercro post from 2011. Wikipedia just accepted them.

them https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give/en#bitcoin

Oh, whoa, thanks for the update, man.  I think that's great.  I know how I'll donate next time that Jimmy Wales pulls on my heartstrings.

Thanks for the above link. Hopefully they get it posted on their main donation page as well.

The link does not work. "Error
404 – File not found".

I checked a few days ago and they weren't accepting Bitcoin. I thought that was a bit weird considering how so many other organizations and companies have started accepting Bitcoin. I checked back to the same section on their FAQ today and it looks like their policy has changed. They seem to be accepting Bitcoin donations now:


Link (scroll down or search for "Bitcoin"):

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/en (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/en)

This is good news. :)

Great news. After they said they were not
interested a short while back.

I meant it as a joke since Wikipedia doesn't accept Bitcoin, a few minutes later seeing that Wikimedie does. This thread was started on April Fools Day, hence my reply.

Again a good necrobump... Someone should make an analysis how correlating for example the speculation threads of 2011-2012 are compared to these days.