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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. For fuck's sake by TeknoHog · · Score: 2

    Stop spelling it "BitCoin", it's "Bitcoin", as in common grammar rules where you don't put a cApITal in the middle of a word. For some reason, the "BitCoin" spelling is always used by people who don't know Bitcoin, and it just looks degrading.

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    1. Re:For fuck's sake by ultranova · · Score: 2

      Stop spelling it "BitCoin", it's "Bitcoin", as in common grammar rules where you don't put a cApITal in the middle of a word.

      That so, TeknoHog?

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    2. Re:For fuck's sake by TeknoHog · · Score: 2

      Stop spelling it "BitCoin", it's "Bitcoin", as in common grammar rules where you don't put a cApITal in the middle of a word.

      That so, TeknoHog?

      Well I can spell my own name in any bloody way I want. But if you're going to spell the name of a product/technology then please find out how to spell it first.

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    3. Re:For fuck's sake by JesseMcDonald · · Score: 2

      In English, currencies are not normally capitalized. You don't capitalize "dollar", "euro", or "rupee", so you shouldn't capitalize "bitcoin" either.

      You're correct when referring to the currency ("one bitcoin"). However, when referring to the software ("Bitcoin Core"), the network, or the protocol, the name is a proper noun and as such should be capitalized. The capitalization in the summary is thus correct; in the title, the word "bitcoin" refers to the currency but should be capitalized anyway, simply because it's part of a title.

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  2. Re:Why wouldn't they? by houstonbofh · · Score: 4, Informative

    For real business purposes, though, you'd be bonkers to accept bitcoins.

    Why? It has value. And companies willing to process it for you and convert directly into your currency of choice. And due to it's nature, it is actually harder for the merchant to be defrauded than with regular credit cards... Not sure where the downside here is, especially if they are not holding them.

  3. 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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  4. Re:Why wouldn't they? by Vellmont · · Score: 3, Informative


      For real business purposes, though, you'd be bonkers to accept bitcoins.

    Bonkers like Newegg, and Dish Network? Both of which accept bitcoin.

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  5. Re:Why wouldn't they? by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For real business purposes, though, you'd be bonkers to accept bitcoins.

    I do "real business" with people in bitcoins, including several overseas contractors. For instance, a woman in Karachi, Pakistan does graphic design for my company. Transferring dollars, and converting them to rupees, is expensive, and a time consuming hassle. Transferring bitcoins just takes a few seconds, and the transaction cost is a few pennies. She would be bonkers to not accept bitcoins.

  6. 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?"

  7. Re:Why wouldn't they? by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 3, Informative

    So basically you found someone who will deal with you in bitcoin because their native currency is even more worthless and volatile than the BTC market ... good job.

    Yes, but that is 80% of the people in the world.

  8. Re:Why wouldn't they? by philip.paradis · · Score: 2

    Your auditors are full of shit. Out of curiosity, does your organization use anything from Dell?

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  9. Re:Why wouldn't they? by pantaril · · Score: 2

    I can think of one downside: People might be less willing to pay with Bitcoin if they don't get the protections that they'd get from their bank's credit or debit card

    Accepting bitcoins doesn't mean that you stop taking other forms of payments so this is no valid downside for merchant who start to accept bitcoins in addition to existing forms of payments.