The Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization, said it would now accept donations using the popular digital currency Bitcoin.
“We accept 13 different payment methods and allow us to accept donations from almost every country in the world, and today we add another one - Bitcoin,” said Lisa Gruwell, Chief Revenue Officer.
One of the most visited websites on the Internet, Wikipedia, depends solely on donations that users make. In order to cover its annual budget, you need to collect about 50 million dollars.
Any non-profit organization, including the Wikimedia Foundation, will be able to accept Bitcoin through Coinbase, instantly cash out their Bitcoin donations in US dollars and receive a bank transfer daily, reports time.com.
However, the disadvantage of this payment method is that you need to enter personal information in order to make a donation using Bitcoin. As a result, complaints have already begun to be received, because anonymity was one of the peculiarities of paying users with digital currency.
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