By Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago - Nguva yekuverenga: 4 maminitsi
Wikimedia Foundation Debates Acceptance of Cryptocurrency Donations Over Environmental Concerns
Zvichitevera danho reMozilla rekumisa mipiro yecrypto nekuda kwekunetsekana kwezvakatipoteredza, nhamba yenhengo dzenharaunda dzeWikimedia Foundation dzakatumira chirevo chinobvunza hwaro kuti irege kubvuma zvipo zvemari yedhijitari. Chikumbiro ichi chinotsanangura kuti mipiro yecrypto "inoratidza [i] tsigiro yenzvimbo yecryptocurrency," uye zvakare inoti "Cryptocurrencies inogona kusaenderana nekuzvipira kweWikimedia Foundation mukuchengetedzeka kwezvakatipoteredza."
Proposal Claims Cryptocurrencies Inogona Kusaenderana neWikimedia 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 akatanga kubvuma 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.
Zvisinei, a proposal 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:
Unoziva here kuti iyo yechinyakare banking system inoshandisawo simba?
Mumwe nemumwe Anosimbirira kuti 'Pfungwa imwe neimwe haisi yechokwadi uye/kana inotsausa'
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 uye 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).”
Vatsinhi Vanosimbisa Kusarura Kunobva kuDigicnomist
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 mushandi 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 zvisiri izvo, as many others have discovered, and the Digiconomist’s work is loaded with discrepancies. One individual wrote:
Digiconomist haisi kungorerekera uye kukakavara. De Vries akazvishambadza ega, haana maitiro ekudzokorora uye ane mukurumbira wakashata wekutarisa chokwadi uye chokwadi.
Panguva yekunyora, pane zviuru zvevanhu zvinopokana nechikumbiro chakaunzwa naGorillawarfare, asi chikamu cheshumba chemavhoti uye makomendi anotsigira pfungwa iyi. Zvinoita senge nharaunda yekristpto nevatsigiri vehumbowo-hwe-basa (PoW) vanofanirwa kushanda nesimba kuti vabvise ngano dziri kutenderera kubva kuma media pundits, muchengeti wemari wekare, uye vanobhadhara vanopikisa vanoongorora.
Iwe unofungei nezve Wikimedia Foundation zano rinoratidza kuti hwaro kumisa kugamuchira crypto assets pamusoro pekunetseka kwezvakatipoteredza? Tizivise zvaunofunga nezvenyaya iyi muchikamu chemashoko pazasi.
Original source: Bitcoin.com