Wikipedia editors want to make crypto donations disappear

Stefan Mileschin · 15th April 2022, 10:55

Not notable enough

More than 200 long-time Wikipedia editors have requested that the Wikimedia Foundation stop accepting cryptocurrency donations.

The foundation received crypto donations worth about $130,000 in the most recent fiscal year -- less than 0.1 percent of the foundation's revenue, which topped $150 million last year.

The editors have pitched to the foundation that it is better that the money is not collected because they are both proof-of-work and use an enormous amount of energy.'

According to one widely cited estimate, the bitcoin network consumes around 200 TWh of energy per year. That's about as much energy as is consumed by 70 million people in Thailand. And it works out to around 2,000 kWh per bitcoin transaction.

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15th April 2022, 10:55	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,541	Wikipedia editors want to make crypto donations disappear Not notable enough More than 200 long-time Wikipedia editors have requested that the Wikimedia Foundation stop accepting cryptocurrency donations. The foundation received crypto donations worth about $130,000 in the most recent fiscal year -- less than 0.1 percent of the foundation's revenue, which topped $150 million last year. The editors have pitched to the foundation that it is better that the money is not collected because they are both proof-of-work and use an enormous amount of energy.' According to one widely cited estimate, the bitcoin network consumes around 200 TWh of energy per year. That's about as much energy as is consumed by 70 million people in Thailand. And it works out to around 2,000 kWh per bitcoin transaction. https://fudzilla.com/news/54696-wiki...ions-disappear

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