Mozilla Foundation started accepting Bitcoin donations

Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports the development of open source software, last week announced the start of accepting Bitcoin donations. The fund accepts donations with the support of the American bitcoin operator Coinbase . All donations are without a commission from Coinbase.

The possibility of taking Bitcoins Jeffrey McDougall, the main developer of the fund, began to consider a year ago. As he explained on the reddit website, “We are a large organization, and for the realization of such things it is necessary to resolve all issues with law, security and privacy. To implement such a project, many steps had to be taken, and we did it. ” Those interested can make donations on this page .

By completing this important step, Mozilla joined the glorious cohort of organizations supporting open source development - among others, the Wikimedia Foundation, which also accepts donations in cryptocurrency. The Bountysource public funding platform also supports Bitcoin from this year.
')
The legal status of bitcoins in the world is still being formed. If it is already defined in the USA, then in many countries the legislative base is still under development. Beginning next year in Russia, Bitcoin can officially be recognized as outlaws and criminalize its use - following Bolivia and Ecuador.