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A comment on Wikipedia RFC to stop accepting cryptocurrencies passes by majority vote. Parent comment

Re:Wikipedia RFC to stop accepting cryptocurrencies passes b... by jdrc on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @02:43AM (#31011851)
accepting bitcoin is as legal and regulated as banks and paypal.

as if banks don't spend billions in pointless air travel and (empty in past 2 years) concrete highrises. When WP goes down the ideological rabbit hole everyone loses.

maybe someone will follow up with an RFC to remove banks

Then paypal

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Re:Wikipedia RFC to stop accepting cryptocurrencies passes b... by lxgr on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @08:01AM (#31013627)
It seems pretty clear that ethics, not legality, was the main consideration here.
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Re:Wikipedia RFC to stop accepting cryptocurrencies passes b... by depaya on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @11:22AM (#31015737)
Accepting bushels of corn is also legal, but why would Wikipedia want to get into the business of accepting them?
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