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The Apache Software Foundation Now Accepting BitCoin For Donations

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-different-way-to-give dept.

rbowen writes The Apache Software Foundation is the latest not-for-profit organization to accept bitcoin donations, as pointed out by a user on the Bitcoin subreddit. The organization is well known for their catalog of open-source software, including the ubiquitous Apache web server, Hadoop, Tomcat, Cassandra, and about 150 other projects. Users in the community have been eager to support their efforts using digital currency for quite a while. The Foundation accepts donations in many different forms: Amazon, PayPal, and they'll even accept donated cars. On their contribution page the Apache Software Foundation has published a bitcoin address and QR code.

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  1. Why wouldn't they? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    For donations, there's really no downside. For real business purposes, though, you'd be bonkers to accept bitcoins.

    1. Re:Why wouldn't they? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Insightful

      If you can't be associated with known criminals then I hope you're not using U.S. dollars.

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    2. Re:Why wouldn't they? by ASDFnz · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Out of curiosity, are you a new person saying that bitcoin is bonkers or are you one of the old ones that have been predicting the imminent failure of bitcoin for the past 5 years?

      My follow up question will be;-

      You have been wrong for the past five years, do you have plans to admit defeat any time soon or will you just start saying "I knew it would work all along?"