{"id":23500,"date":"2022-04-08T03:49:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T07:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=23500"},"modified":"2022-04-08T03:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T07:49:52","slug":"mozilla-foundation-resumes-donations-in-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/mozilla-foundation-resumes-donations-in-crypto\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Foundation resumes donations in crypto however rejects Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
After halting crypto donations on the basis of environmental concerns, the Mozilla foundation<\/a> has resumed accepting donations in cryptocurrencies (basically altcoins) with the exception of Bitcoin.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Mozilla Foundation resumes donations in crypto however rejects Bitcoin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

According to a blog post by executive director Mark Surman, the Mozilla Foundation has decided to resume accepting crypto donations\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> in the near future. It has, however, outlawed energy-intensive “proof-of-work” cryptocurrencies, which means it will no longer accept Bitcoin donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later this year, Ethereum, the second-largest proof-of-work cryptocurrency, is anticipated to move to proof-of-stake. After the much-anticipated improvement, its energy usage is estimated to shrink by 99.95 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proof-of-work cryptocurrencies, according to Surman, can “substantially” raise the foundation's greenhouse gas footprint<\/a>, preventing it from reaching its climate obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the second quarter of 2022, Mozilla will have compiled a list of cryptocurrencies that it will accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mozilla's reaction to crypto donations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, the non-profit company behind the Firefox web browser began taking cryptocurrency payments, the company abandoned crypto in early January after a public outcry over a tweet. Jamie Zawinski, the creator of Mozilla<\/a>, criticized the organization for funding “planet-incinerating Ponzi grifters.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many members of the bitcoin community accused the foundation of caving in to the internet mob when it decided to suspend donations in response to criticism. Billy Markus, the co-founder of Dogecoin, was one of the critics of Mozilla's reversal of crypto donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bitcoin community is likely to be outraged by the recent decision to exclude proof-of-work cryptocurrencies<\/a>. Its members argue that fears regarding the largest cryptocurrency's detrimental environmental impact are exaggerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Animal Rescue (IAR) has also discontinued support for crypto donations due to climate-related concerns, as previously reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After halting crypto donations on the basis of environmental concerns, the Mozilla foundation has resumed accepting donations in cryptocurrencies (basically altcoins) with the exception of Bitcoin. According to a blog post by executive director Mark Surman, the Mozilla Foundation has decided to resume accepting crypto donations in the near future. It has, however, outlawed energy-intensive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":16072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,26],"tags":[152,7851,8745],"class_list":["post-23500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news","category-cryptocurrencies","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-donations-2","tag-mozilla-foundation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-17.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}