The Internet Archive To Pay Salaries Partly In Bitcoin, Requests Donations 181
hypnosec writes "Bitcoin is gaining popularity among mainstream sites lately and the latest to adopt the digital currency as a medium of donations and payments is the Internet Archive. Ready to accept donation in the form of Bitcoin, the Internet Archive announced that it wants to do so to pay some part of employees' salaries, if they choose to, in Bitcoin. The Archive, known for its storage of digital documents (especially the previous version of webpages), is looking to start part salary payments in Bitcoin by April 2013 if everything goes well."
Uses of BitCoin... (Score:0, Funny)
Re:I'd quit (Score:0, Funny)
I will work for any of these currencies [youtube.com] but not bit coin.
Re:I pay employees partly in high quality scrap st (Score:3, Funny)
I have been requested by the Nigerian National Steal Company to contact you for assistance in resolving a matter. The Nigerian National Steal Company has recently concluded a large number of contracts for scrap steal exploration in the sub-Sahara region. The contracts have immediately produced moneys equaling BTC40,000,000. The Nigerian National Steal Company is desirous of scrap steal exploration in other parts of the world, however, because of certain regulations of the Nigerian Government, it is unable to move these funds to another region.
You assistance is requested as a non-Nigerian citizen to assist the Nigerian National Steal Company, and also the Central Bank of Nigeria, in moving these funds out of Nigeria. If the funds can be transferred to your name, in your United States account, then you can forward the funds as directed by the Nigerian National Steal Company. In exchange for your accommodating services, the Nigerian National Steal Company would agree to allow you to retain 10%, or BTC4 million of this amount.
However, to be a legitimate transferee of these moneys according to Nigerian law, you must presently be a depositor of at least BTC100,000 in a Nigerian bank which is regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
If it will be possible for you to assist us, we would be most grateful. We suggest that you meet with us in person in Lagos, and that during your visit I introduce you to the representatives of the Nigerian National Steal Company, as well as with certain officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Yours truly,
Prince Anonymous Coward
Re:I'd quit (Score:2, Funny)
damn it, my drug pusher only takes greenbacks, not Bitcoin.
Re:I'd quit (Score:4, Funny)
Your sure your not ignorant?
Re:Uses of BitCoin... (Score:1, Funny)
It would be foolish to believe the only use of Bitcoin is to buy drugs.
Internet Archive employees could also use it to buy perfectly legitimate storage at Mega for their pirated downloads. Or to donate to the Internet Archive.
Re:Roll up! Roll up! (Score:4, Funny)
Remember folks, don't take financial advice from people who don't understand the term "pyramid scheme".
Pyramid schemes: The "every gun is an AK-47" of the financial world.