EFF Stops Accepting Bitcoin, Regifts All Donations

Gendou writes "The EFF issued a statement that it will no longer accept Bitcoin donations, has not used any of the donations, and will transfer all past donations to The Bitcoin Faucet. See also additional and forum threads."

Comments

Re:No surprises here

[Abstrackt]

I don't think they were foolish to accept Bitcoins. Even selling them at a low rate gets them more money than they had before the donation (presuming that it covers costs). But setting a preference for something of more stable value is also within their rights.

It seems their concerns were legal: "While EFF is often the defender of people ensnared in legal issues arising from new technologies, we try very hard to keep EFF from becoming the actual subject of those fights or issues. Since there is no caselaw on this topic, and the legal implications are still very unclear, we worry that our acceptance of Bitcoins may move us into the possible subject role."