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After a 3-month debate on the benefits and drawbacks of cryptocurrencies, Wikipedia has decided to stop accepting Ethereum and Bitcoin donations after 8 years. The announcement comes shortly after the Wikimedia Foundation, the parent organization of Wikipedia, held a poll in which more than 70% of respondents expressed a desire to halt all cryptocurrency payments. […]

A proposal made by the Wikipedia administrator opted for a vote to know if Wikimedia Foundation would still want to receive cryptocurrency donations. The answer to which was a reverberant no. This particular debate over the mentioned proposal has been going on since January and the vote was concluded with around 400 participants. The common point of contention has been environmental concerns, over...

The Wikipedia Community on Thursday closed a long-running vote over whether the encyclopedia should stop accepting donations in cryptocurrencies. At the final tally, about 71% of the community voted against receiving crypto donations. The key reasoning behind the vote was the high power consumption of crypto networks, which tends to have an adverse environmental impact....