Wikileaks has been suffering heavy, sustained DDOS attacks for over a week.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/12/wikileaks-our-sites-bee_n_1769580.html
Bitcoin remains (one of?) the only sources of funding available to the organization:
An appeal to conscience:
WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 619 days.
... In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility; I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it – and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth ...
Now, even as VISA, Paypal and the banks accept orders from above, unquestioningly.
Even after successive, successful attempts to strangle and halt Wikileaks,
To seize and freeze their every avenue, render them powerless to pursue a simple agenda;
an agenda of transparency and accountability to the public, in business and in government.
One channel remains open to the free world, a life line that cannot be quenched.
The one thing Wikileaks can rely on, and continue to rely on, is Bitcoin.
Keep the donations coming and spread the word.
Strength, in numbers! Bitcoin invictus!