The Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the Firefox web browser, decided to pause cryptocurrency donations after facing severe backlash from the netizens on Twitter. Several users even went on to threaten to ax their monthly donations to the Mozilla Foundation. The harshest criticisms, however, came from one of its co-founders.
Mozilla “Listening and Taking Action”
According to the Mozilla Foundation’s thread, the overwhelming response from the move led to an “important discussion about cryptocurrency’s environmental impact.” The team said they are listening, and taking action.
“Decentralized web technology continues to be an important area for us to explore, but a lot has changed since we started accepting crypto donations.”
It also added that starting January 6th, the foundation is reviewing whether its current policy on crypto donations “fits with our climate goals.” To conduct the review, Mozilla is halting cryptocurrency donations while asser
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