as far as getting donations to the wmf in bitcoins... i figure it doesn't hurt to ask... pointing fingers at EFF may be a helpful bit of persuasion...
Why ask when you can tell? If "we" want to dictate terms for donations, we must ask first. They already accept on their terms.
- respectable person makes new bitcoin address and advertises it
- donations roll in
- wait until the amount looks "significant", at the prevailing BTC/$ rate (some rules announced up front? into the fountain if the idea dies with less than $10 ?)
- (offer it to them in bitcoins first, if you like)
- sell BTC for $ and post it through their (virtual) letterbox with a note explaining
- publish here to maintain the warm fuzzies
It would be best to come from a united front on our side, but there's no way to enforce that.
Exactly how much effort WMF might be willing to put in & how often is likely to depend on demonstrating a cashflow.
(Unless it turns out they have an ideological objection.)