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Fa'atalanoaina e le Wikimedia Foundation le Taliaina o foa'i Cryptocurrency ona o popolega i le Siosiomaga
I le maeʻa ai o le faaiuga a Mozilla e taofi le foaʻi crypto ona o popolega i le siosiomaga, o le tele o sui o le Wikimedia Foundation na tuʻuina atu se talosaga e talosagaina ai le faʻavae e taofi le taliaina o foaʻi tupe numera. O loʻo faʻamatalaina e le talosaga o foaʻi crypto "e faʻaalia ai [se] faʻamaoniga o le avanoa o le cryptocurrency," ma fai mai foi "Cryptocurrencies atonu e le ogatusa ma le tautinoga a le Wikimedia Foundation i le faʻaleleia o le siosiomaga."
Talosaga Fautuaga Cryptocurrencies Atonu e Le Fa'atasi ma le Wikimedia Foundation
Members of the Wikimedia Foundation are voting on a proposal that could stop the foundation from accepting digital currencies like bitcoin and ethereum. The U.S. non-profit amata ona taliaina crypto assets in 2019 via Bitpay. “We accept donations globally, and we strive to provide a large variety of donation options. It’s very important that we can get international donations processed in ways that are efficient and cost-effective,” Pats Pena, director of payments and operations at Wikimedia Foundation said at the time.
Ae peitai, a fuafuaga submitted by the user dubbed “Gorillawarfare” claims that accepting crypto donations goes against specific Wikimedia Foundation principles. “Cryptocurrencies may not align with the Wikimedia Foundation’s commitment to environmental sustainability. Bitcoin and ethereum are the two most highly-used cryptocurrencies, and are both proof-of-work, using an enormous amount of energy,” the proposal says.
While the proposal mentions the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index it leverages a lot of the research done by the Digiconomist’s Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index. The proposal seems to have a lot of support as voting members left comments signaling affirmation. “Long overdue. Accepting cryptocurrency makes a joke out of the WMF’s commitment to environmental sustainability,” Wikimedia user Gamaliel said. However, not everyone agreed and in fact, there are a great number of people who voiced the opposite opinion. In reply to Gamaliel’s statement, for instance, one person wrote:
O e silafia e fa'aaoga fo'i e le faiga o teugatupe masani le malosi?
Fai mai le Tagata Ta'ito'atasi 'O Manatu Ta'itasi e Le Moni ma/po'o Fa'asese'
There is some discussion from a few people’s submitted comments that insists Wikimedia Foundation members should realize the U.S. dollar is backed by significant amounts of carbon energy ma worst of all, state-enforced violence. One person explained that each point that Gorillawarfare brought up in the proposal “is untrue and/or misleading.” For example, the point about being aligned with the crypto industry’s so-called values. The individual retorted that “this is not true, any more than accepting USD signals endorsement of the U.S. Dollar or the U.S. Government.”
In reply to the environmental concerns Gorillawarfare introduced in the proposal, the individual explained that the proposal’s point is conflated. “The proposal conflates the existence of Bitcoin to merely using it,” the Wikimedia Foundation member Awwright opined. “The proposal does not demonstrate that dropping acceptance of Bitcoin (or other cryptocurrency) will actually have an effect. As a technical matter, there is no direct relationship between making a Bitcoin transaction and energy usage (that’s significantly more than the domestic banking system).”
Fa'amatalaga Fa'amanino Fa'aituau E mafua mai le Digiconomist
Furthermore, there are many complaints about Gorillawarfare citing the Digiconomist, as the researcher’s work has been widely dismissed over inaccuracies and extreme bias. “Digiconomist is a blog run by Alex de Vries, who is an tagata faigaluega of De Nederlandsche Bank NV (DNB), the central bank of the Netherlands, which is a direct competitor to Bitcoin,” one of the comments against Gorillawarfare’s proposal notes. Another individual explained that the Digiconomist’s work is le saʻo, as many others have discovered, and the Digiconomist’s work is loaded with discrepancies. One individual wrote:
Digiconomist e le na'o le fa'aituau ma fete'ena'i. O De Vries o lo'o fa'asalalauina e ia lava, e leai se fa'asologa o iloiloga fa'atonu ma e leaga lona igoa mo le siakiina o mea moni ma le sa'o.
I le taimi o le tusitusi, o loʻo i ai le faitau afe o tagata e tetee i le talosaga na tuʻuina mai e Gorillawarfare, ae o le vaega a le leona o palota ma faʻamatalaga e lagolagoina le manatu. E foliga mai o le crypto community ma le au lagolago o le faamaoniga-of-work (PoW) e tatau ona galulue malosi e faʻateʻaina tala faʻasolopito o loʻo faʻasalalau mai le au faʻasalalauga faʻasalalau, leoleo tuai tau tupe, ma tagata suʻesuʻe faʻafeagai totogi.
O le a sou manatu e uiga i le talosaga a le Wikimedia Foundation lea e fautua mai ai e taofi e le faavae le taliaina o aseta crypto ona o popolega tau le siosiomaga? Faailoa mai ia i matou lou manatu e uiga i lenei mataupu i le vaega o faʻamatalaga o loʻo i lalo.
Punavai autu: Bitcoin.com