About two years ago, I decided that I wasn't going to donate to any non-profit or open source software project that didn't take Bitcoin. When asked for donations, I would ask if they took Bitcoin and if they didn't, I'd say "that's too bad, hopefully you change your mind in the future". Reception to this has gone pretty well, a number of them have come back later and asked me for help in taking Bitcoin and I've pointed them to some resources and got to be their first BTC donor.
This year, I have a new plan: I'm not donating to any non-profits or OSS projects that hide the fact that they take Bitcoin donations. Many of them take BTC, but you'd never know if you went to their donate page, it's squirreled away somewhere on their website. I get that your regular checkout flow doesn't support Bitcoin, so you need a separate page for that, but it really should be mentioned on your main donation page as an option. I think some places do this because they're ashamed to take BTC or they think it's controversial. If you're ashamed to take my money, you won't get it, end of story. We'll see how this new plan goes. #bitcoin #nonprofits #donations
makeasnek /
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2025-04-01 01:00:42
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npub12xgsu4nad7np6l3e9x8exf26evs202jqkc2ghnuyw4c7hrda9cmqkf32x5Published at
2025-04-01 01:00:42Event JSON
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