Wikipedia founder asking for help to learn Bitcoin

[googlemaster1]

BTW, Someone should help Jimmy Wales set up a 1wiki........ vanity Bitcoin address.

Agreed.

Also, I'm not donating to the 1%.  I am donating for the proliferation of decentralization.  If you think Wikipedia doesn't contribute to the overall goal of decentralization of information you are delusional.  He is giving all that money to Wikimedia/Wikipedia foundation.  He isn't pocketing a damn thing, and why would he?

If you don't donate to things like public radio, Wikipedia, and other services that keep information away from corporate influence then just go back to using your credit card at target while watching CNN.  I'm absolutely appalled that he hasn't received more funds and outpouring of support from this community, not only for Wikipedias sake, but for Bitcoins sake as well.  Imagine if he gets 100-200 BTCs?  You think that's going to come up in his meeting with the Wikimedia foundation?  You think a 6 figure size full of thousands of micropayments from all over the world is going to turn heads both in the media and at the Wikipedia foundation?

If you don't see how that benefits bitcoin as a whole whilst giving back to an organization that helped PIONEER digital open sources of information into the mainstream WHILST keeping corporate paws out of the cookie jar and maintaining an ad-less model is valuable, then please lets have a discussion, because I really want to be proven wrong on this one.  I just don't get it.

[BADecker]

Seems to me that Wikipedia can be deceptive. Here is an example of what I mean.

MMS, promoted by Jim Humble, is listed on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mineral_Supplement. The Wikipedia report there suggests that MMS is dangerous. And that would be okay if it were true.

So what is true? Who knows? But Jim Humble and his people report that it is curing all kinds of things. See http://mmsnews.org/, or Google "MMS Jim Humble."

So, why hasn't Jim Humble made a Wikipedia page that shows the good that MMS is doing? Ages ago Mr. Humble did just that. But whenever he would write up the Wikipedia article showing all the good MMS was doing, an hour or two later someone else had edited it into something showing that MMS was bad.

The point is, if Wikipedia starts using Bitcoin in a big way, we who help Jimmy Wales are promoting a lot of falsehood and deception right along with the good info. In other words, fiat currencies can be used for good or bad. But the major thing that they are being used for is to promote a centralized system that controls the economies of nations to the detriment of the little people. Wikipedia is being used the same way through the method that anyone can join and make changes to the articles there.

[surfer43]

*cofounder

People keep donating to internet millionaires!

[pungopete468]

I almost donated to Wikipedia a few months ago but I didn't. I guess this is a better time to donate than any.

[Ruthful]

Seems to me that Wikipedia can be deceptive. Here is an example of what I mean.

MMS, promoted by Jim Humble, is listed on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mineral_Supplement. The Wikipedia report there suggests that MMS is dangerous. And that would be okay if it were true.

So what is true? Who knows? But Jim Humble and his people report that it is curing all kinds of things. See http://mmsnews.org/, or Google "MMS Jim Humble."

So, why hasn't Jim Humble made a Wikipedia page that shows the good that MMS is doing? Ages ago Mr. Humble did just that. But whenever he would write up the Wikipedia article showing all the good MMS was doing, an hour or two later someone else had edited it into something showing that MMS was bad.

The point is, if Wikipedia starts using Bitcoin in a big way, we who help Jimmy Wales are promoting a lot of falsehood and deception right along with the good info. In other words, fiat currencies can be used for good or bad. But the major thing that they are being used for is to promote a centralized system that controls the economies of nations to the detriment of the little people. Wikipedia is being used the same way through the method that anyone can join and make changes to the articles there.

I applaud Wikipedia stand against pseudo-science .You know what they say" If it walks like a duck, acts like a duck and sounds like a duck it's probably all quackery ".Lest we want another "success" story like Kevin Trudeau or (heaven forbid) Leonard Coldwell.Seriously, these  scumbags faux medical practitioners and advice peddlers are are a a hazard to humanity.

[BittBurger]

Good job everybody.   18.2 BTC ($11,500) has been donated to Wikipedia from the Bitcoin community in the first 12 hours.

80 more BTC to go!

-B-

[BADecker]

Seems to me that Wikipedia can be deceptive. Here is an example of what I mean.

MMS, promoted by Jim Humble, is listed on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mineral_Supplement. The Wikipedia report there suggests that MMS is dangerous. And that would be okay if it were true.

So what is true? Who knows? But Jim Humble and his people report that it is curing all kinds of things. See http://mmsnews.org/, or Google "MMS Jim Humble."

So, why hasn't Jim Humble made a Wikipedia page that shows the good that MMS is doing? Ages ago Mr. Humble did just that. But whenever he would write up the Wikipedia article showing all the good MMS was doing, an hour or two later someone else had edited it into something showing that MMS was bad.

The point is, if Wikipedia starts using Bitcoin in a big way, we who help Jimmy Wales are promoting a lot of falsehood and deception right along with the good info. In other words, fiat currencies can be used for good or bad. But the major thing that they are being used for is to promote a centralized system that controls the economies of nations to the detriment of the little people. Wikipedia is being used the same way through the method that anyone can join and make changes to the articles there.

I applaud Wikipedia stand against pseudo-science .You know what they say" If it walks like a duck, acts like a duck and sounds like a duck it's probably all quackery ".Lest we want another "success" story like Kevin Trudeau or (heaven forbid) Leonard Coldwell.Seriously, these  scumbags faux medical practitioners and advice peddlers are are a a hazard to humanity.

Almost couldn't have said it better myself. Look at the Bitcoin pseudo-science duck/quackery. The only reason that bankers don't use the word "Ponzi" with Bitcoin is that they don't even notice Bitcoin for the most part. Same said for modern medicine and MMS/Jim Humble. The evidence is out there for all to see.

Donate bitcoin to Wikipedia, but get a second opinion to see where the pseudo-science duck/quackery lies.



EDIT: Thanks for mentioning about Kevin Trudeau. Hadn't heard about him for years. Too bad someone who has so much good info, also has his share of larceny. Most of his info is available from many other sources. Much of it is good info. It would be interesting to hear a "translation" by a lawyer of the legal language of his conviction, into layman's terms. Often the media hides the FACTS, giving readers the info that they would like the readers to believe. And Wikipedia, of course, lists it as the media writers who have Wikipedia accounts write it.

[pungopete468]

Wikipedia averages daily donations around $105,000.

We contributed little over 10% to that so far today. Perhaps if Wikipedia officially accepted BTC donations they would see much more...

[xb0x]

Cool news, this will probably boost bitcoin again.. ALso some good media attention More people will join as well!

[rohnearner]

Cool news, this will probably boost bitcoin again.. ALso some good media attention More people will join as well!

But i'm lil skeptical about it..
Read this
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/201fa6/hello_from_jimmy_wales_of_wikipedia/cfyw1os

[Phinnaeus Gage]

$11,711.66 to date.

$27,934.89 to date for Dorian Nakamoto: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-10/alleged-bitcoin-millionaire-nakamoto-gets-28-000-in-donations.html

[BitCoinDream]

Cool news, this will probably boost bitcoin again.. ALso some good media attention More people will join as well!

But i'm lil skeptical about it..
Read this
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/201fa6/hello_from_jimmy_wales_of_wikipedia/cfyw1os

I think a lot of people have failed to see this post.

[whtchocla7e]

The account already has 18 BTC.

Keep sending him more, fools... I'm sure the guy is dying of starvation.