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June 14, 2011Payments & adoptionAdoption & integrationdocumented

WikiLeaks turns to bitcoin under a payment blockade

WikiLeaks began accepting bitcoin donations after card networks and PayPal cut off its funding.

The organisation had been unable to receive most conventional payments since late 2010. Nakamoto had argued months earlier that the project was too small to withstand the attention such a fight would bring.