The Mozilla Foundation has put cryptocurrency donations on hold following a community backlash sparked by trenchant criticism from co-founder Jamie Zawinski.Last week the development company behind the Firefox browser tweeted an appeal for donations in cryptocurrency.But earlier today, Mozilla announced it had paused crypto donations due to the online discussion around crypto’s … [Read more...] about Mozilla backflips on accepting crypto after ‘planet incinerating’ backlash
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Discord Shutters Plans for Ethereum Integration After Community Backlash
The social network cancelled plans to integrate Metamask and WalletConnector after outrage sparked by a tweet from its CEO teasing the features.Nov 11, 2021 at 8:11 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 11, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. UTCDiscord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron (Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch) Source link … [Read more...] about Discord Shutters Plans for Ethereum Integration After Community Backlash
Surveillance project supported by Ripple’s Chris Larsen sees backlash from LGBTQ group
A $695,000 donation from Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen towards a community-led surveillance camera project in San Francisco is receiving backlash from certain sections of society, local outlet San Francisco Examiner reported today.Larsen has been involved in the controversial project since 2012, making a hefty $4 million donation for teams to set up cameras and be monitored by … [Read more...] about Surveillance project supported by Ripple’s Chris Larsen sees backlash from LGBTQ group
‘Ecological nightmare’ backlash forces ArtStation to drop NFT plans
Prominent online art portfolio platform ArtStation has caved in to pressure from artists and environmentally-conscious users hours after announcing a series of non-fungible token, or NFT, drops from several notable artists.On Mar. 9, the platform announced the program was scheduled to begin today and featured works from artists including Halo Infinite art director Nicolas … [Read more...] about ‘Ecological nightmare’ backlash forces ArtStation to drop NFT plans