Wikipedia may accept Bitcoin

[LiteCoinGuy]

wow, so fast. they are real techies  ...

so start it finally - its a no-brainer!

[BitCoinDream]

wow, so fast. they are real techies  ...

so start it finally - its a no-brainer!

I wish they dont start accepting Litecoin and Dogecoin at the same time.

Such Bad. Much WoW.

[rohnearner]

what a grt week it will turn out if they make it official..! but i'm skeptical they will do that anytime soon or ever..? but never say never.
btw Jimmy Wales got around 4 BTC most of them in donations I'm sure that guy don't need donations .

[FeedbackLoop]

From the reddit page he seems to be worried with conversion rates to USD. I bet a quick word with their hosting providers or hardware providers would lead to the conclusion that they could just pass on the Bitcoin to pay those services without any USD intermediation.

Or maybe we have here an opportunity for people already offering these services for Bitcoin to have a word with Jimmy...

[sanjoea]

If wikipedia accepts Bitcoin they can collect considerable amount of donations from various sources

[mindblown]

Wikipedia is centralization of information. Information should be decentralized too.

The amount of idiots on this sub-forum is staggering.

ha ha ha   people they can not decentralize everything. it is impossible.

[Calhil]

Once they do I will resume donating to them.  At this point there are enough worthwhile charitable organizations which DO accept Bitcoins and I have a finite amount of resources I can give away that there is no reason to not direct it towards those organizations which intelligently cut credit cards out of the process and improve the efficiency of their process by 2% or so.

That 2% is a lot. 2% of 100M is a lot.

Even with the fees the exchanges charge (0.5% at most i guess), its much better option than using credit cards.

[ThirdRenaissance]

I hope they do it, it would greatly benefit Wikipedia and Bitcoin at the same time.

[LiteCoinGuy]

wow, so fast. they are real techies   ...

so start it finally - its a no-brainer!

Litecoin can be added in some months...but no scamcoins please  

i heard he will donate all btc to Wikipedia:

1McNsCTN26zkBSHs9fsgUHHy8u5S1PY5q3

[rohnearner]

So If they make it official and start accepting bitcoins donation ..! where do you think it will take bitcoin to I guess we will touch 1000$ mark on same week they do ..!but this is me just being Optimistic

[BitCoinDream]

wow, so fast. they are real techies   ...

so start it finally - its a no-brainer!

Litecoin can be added in some months...but no scamcoins please  

i heard he will donate all btc to Wikipedia:

1McNsCTN26zkBSHs9fsgUHHy8u5S1PY5q3

Where he mentioned that.? twitter .? or somewhere else.?

https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/441634501265862657

[BitCoinDream]

From this article in TechCrunch, it seems Jimmy is planning to accept Bitcoin by putting in address in diff Bitcoin groups, but not putting it on Wikipedia !!!

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/11/wikipedia-co-founder-jimmy-wales-accidentally-starts-a-bitcoin-donation-campaign-for-wikipedia/

In other words, you won’t find a Bitcoin button on the fundraising page. Instead, Wales is thinking about sharing a Bitcoin address on social networks and in various popular Bitcoin discussion groups, such as the Bitcoin subreddit. This way, people who know what Bitcoin is will be aware that you can donate to Wikipedia using Bitcoin, and those who don’t  won’t even know that the Wikimedia Foundation accepts Bitcoin.

[freedomno1]

From this article in TechCrunch, it seems Jimmy is planning to accept Bitcoin by putting in address in diff Bitcoin groups, but not putting it on Wikipedia !!!

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/11/wikipedia-co-founder-jimmy-wales-accidentally-starts-a-bitcoin-donation-campaign-for-wikipedia/

In other words, you won’t find a Bitcoin button on the fundraising page. Instead, Wales is thinking about sharing a Bitcoin address on social networks and in various popular Bitcoin discussion groups, such as the Bitcoin subreddit. This way, people who know what Bitcoin is will be aware that you can donate to Wikipedia using Bitcoin, and those who don’t  won’t even know that the Wikimedia Foundation accepts Bitcoin.

So a silent acknowledgement its a strong step towards mainstream adoption even if its on the sides
That and the mainstream media most sources are still strong against it
A few neutral ones and a few positive ones emerging though

[BitCoinDream]

From this article in TechCrunch, it seems Jimmy is planning to accept Bitcoin by putting in address in diff Bitcoin groups, but not putting it on Wikipedia !!!

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/11/wikipedia-co-founder-jimmy-wales-accidentally-starts-a-bitcoin-donation-campaign-for-wikipedia/

In other words, you won’t find a Bitcoin button on the fundraising page. Instead, Wales is thinking about sharing a Bitcoin address on social networks and in various popular Bitcoin discussion groups, such as the Bitcoin subreddit. This way, people who know what Bitcoin is will be aware that you can donate to Wikipedia using Bitcoin, and those who don’t  won’t even know that the Wikimedia Foundation accepts Bitcoin.

So a silent acknowledgement its a strong step towards mainstream adoption even if its on the sides
That and the mainstream media most sources are still strong against it
A few neutral ones and a few positive ones emerging though

But if he puts it only in Bitcoin groups, then it is NOT good for Bitcoin. We should not support it. We should not donate if he puts an address on our forum. We want it on the face of Wikipedia. 21 BTC in 3 days is enough of as a signal of generosity from Bitcoin community.

[testcoin]

From this article in TechCrunch, it seems Jimmy is planning to accept Bitcoin by putting in address in diff Bitcoin groups, but not putting it on Wikipedia !!!

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/11/wikipedia-co-founder-jimmy-wales-accidentally-starts-a-bitcoin-donation-campaign-for-wikipedia/

In other words, you won’t find a Bitcoin button on the fundraising page. Instead, Wales is thinking about sharing a Bitcoin address on social networks and in various popular Bitcoin discussion groups, such as the Bitcoin subreddit. This way, people who know what Bitcoin is will be aware that you can donate to Wikipedia using Bitcoin, and those who don’t  won’t even know that the Wikimedia Foundation accepts Bitcoin.

So a silent acknowledgement its a strong step towards mainstream adoption even if its on the sides
That and the mainstream media most sources are still strong against it
A few neutral ones and a few positive ones emerging though

But if he puts it only in Bitcoin groups, then it is NOT good for Bitcoin. We should not support it. We should not donate if he puts an address on our forum. We want it on the face of Wikipedia. 21 BTC in 3 days is enough of as a signal of generosity from Bitcoin community.

Yes, I also wonder why he doesn't put it officially on Wikipedia.

We all would like to see a clear "Accept Bitcoin" logo on Wikipedia, not only a silent btc address somewhere outside Wikipedia website.

[cozk]

Who cares. If they don't want to openly accept FREE MONEY (via BTC) fuck them.

[rohnearner]

Who cares. If they don't want to openly accept FREE MONEY (via BTC) .

So still now final words on this
WIKIPEDIA  wants donations , and I think they should add a btc donation button on their fundraiser page..! I mean why not he's saying he's ready to accept btc by sharing address on social network or other groups but not ready to use it on Wikipedia , because bitcoin is not main stream. look if wikileaks can accept  it so can you. If a foundation like Wikimedia is not ready to take some kind of initiative then who..?

[mrdavis]

Wikipedia is centralization of information. Information should be decentralized too.

Trollololo

dumbololol you can't even explain how wikipedia is not centralized...

Well, for one, you are welcome to copy the entire contents and start your own wiki. A good portion of the infrustructure is ready for you to use too. Wikipedia is, in effect, a node which you can fork anytime. If the central authority (Wikimedia Foundation) fails the content can still exist.

Then there's the blatantly obvious way that defines the uniqueness of Wikipedia. Decentralized content creation and editing. Yes, there is still a central authority that regulates it, but you can fork and make your own editing rules if you wish.

These are obvious to most. They are not ideally implemented, optimized, or well distributed decentralization, but that technology, ready to take on the scope of wikipedia, is waiting to be invented. It's still a huge step away from the centralization of Encyclopedia Britannica.

[LiteCoinGuy]

we already donated over 21 BTC - wow!

[Lauda]

we already donated over 21 BTC - wow!

That's a lot of donations.