Culture · June 14, 2011
WikiLeaks accepts Bitcoin
Price at event
$18
Today
$61,577
Since then
×3,421
After Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal blockade WikiLeaks donations, Julian Assange's outfit turns to Bitcoin. The first geopolitically significant use of the network.
⸺ Sources ⸺
- newsCoinDesk: Assange — Bitcoin and WikiLeaks Helped Keep Each Other Alive (covers WikiLeaks opening to Bitcoin donations in June 2011 amid the US banking blockade) ↗
- newsNonprofit Quarterly: WikiLeaks on a Bitcoin Raising Campaign (June 2011 launch of Bitcoin fundraising after VISA/Mastercard/BofA/PayPal blockade) ↗
- referenceBitbo Bitcoin History: WikiLeaks Bypasses Sanctions Using Bitcoin (dated June 14, 2011 reference entry) ↗