wedrifid comments on Singularity Institute now accepts donations via Bitcoin - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 01 March 2011 10:55:29PM 11 points [-]

EFF accepts donations in Bitcoin, so their lawyers must have decided that it's not clearly illegal or bad PR. On the other hand it makes sense for EFF to signal support of Bitcoin, even at some legal/PR risk, since that fits into their core mission, whereas it's much less clear what accepting donations in Bitcoin now buys SIAI. It seems unlikely to be a significant source of revenue at least in the short term.

Comment author: wedrifid 02 March 2011 09:52:17AM 1 point [-]

whereas it's much less clear what accepting donations in Bitcoin now buys SIAI.

More affiliation with the mastermind behind cryptocurrency. :)