Yayasan Wikimedia Debat Panarimaan Sumbangan Cryptocurrency Ngeunaan Masalah Lingkungan

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Yayasan Wikimedia Debat Panarimaan Sumbangan Cryptocurrency Ngeunaan Masalah Lingkungan

Saatos kaputusan Mozilla pikeun ngareureuhkeun sumbangan crypto kusabab masalah lingkungan, sajumlah anggota komunitas Yayasan Wikimedia parantos ngalebetkeun proposal anu naroskeun yayasan pikeun ngeureunkeun nampi sumbangan mata uang digital. Proposal éta ngajelaskeun yén sumbangan crypto "sinyal [an] dukungan pikeun rohangan cryptocurrency," sareng ogé nyatakeun yén "Cryptocurrencies tiasa henteu saluyu sareng komitmen Yayasan Wikimedia pikeun kelestarian lingkungan."

Klaim Proposal Mata Uang Kripto Bisa Teu Saluyu jeung Yayasan Wikimedia


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 mimiti narima aset crypto dina 2019 via Bitpay. "Kami nampi sumbangan sacara global, sareng kami narékahan pikeun nyayogikeun rupa-rupa pilihan sumbangan. Penting pisan yén urang tiasa ngolah sumbangan internasional ku cara anu épisién sareng biaya-éféktif," Pats Pena, diréktur pangmayaran sareng operasi di Yayasan Wikimedia dina waktos éta.



Nanging, a usul 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:

Naha anjeun sadar yén sistem perbankan tradisional ogé ngagunakeun énergi?

Individu negeskeun 'Unggal Poin Henteu leres sareng / atanapi Nyasabkeun'


Aya sababaraha sawala tina komentar anu dikirimkeun sababaraha jalma anu negeskeun anggota Yayasan Wikimedia kedah sadar yén dolar AS didukung ku jumlah signifikan énergi karbon jeung awon sadaya, kekerasan kaayaan-enforced. Hiji jalma ngécéskeun yén unggal poin anu diungkabkeun ku Gorillawarfare dina proposal "teu leres sareng / atanapi nyasabkeun." Salaku conto, titik ngeunaan disaluyuan sareng anu disebut nilai industri crypto. Individu éta ngajawab yén "ieu henteu leres, langkung ti nampi dukungan sinyal USD tina Dollar AS atanapi Pamaréntah AS."

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).”

Koméntar Nyorot Bias Stemming ti Digiconomist


Saterusna, aya loba keluhan ngeunaan Gorillawarfare citing nu Digiconomist, sakumaha karya panalungtik urang geus lega mecat leuwih akurat tur bias ekstrim. "Digiconomist mangrupikeun blog anu dijalankeun ku Alex de Vries, anu mangrupikeun pagawe 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 teu akurat, sakumaha loba batur geus kapanggih, sarta karya Digiconomist urang téh dieusian ku discrepancies. Hiji jalma nyerat:

Digiconomist henteu ngan bias sareng konflik. De Vries diterbitkeun sorangan, teu gaduh prosés ulasan redaksi sareng anjeunna gaduh reputasi anu goréng pikeun pamariksaan sareng akurasi.


Dina waktos nyerat, aya seueur jalma anu ngalawan usul anu dikintunkeun ku Gorillawarfare, tapi pangsa sora sareng koméntar ngadukung ideu. Sigana komunitas crypto sareng pendukung proof-of-work (PoW) kedah kerja langkung keras pikeun ngaleungitkeun mitos-mitos anu sumebar ti pandit média mainstream, penjaga kauangan lami, sareng peneliti oposisi anu dibayar.

Kumaha saur anjeun ngeunaan usulan Yayasan Wikimedia anu nunjukkeun yén yayasan eureun nampi aset crypto kusabab masalah lingkungan? Hayu urang terang naon anu anjeun pikirkeun ngeunaan topik ieu dina bagian koméntar di handap.

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