The San Francisco-based nonprofit – Mozilla Foundation – which supports the development of the Firefox browser, has announced that it accepts donations in Dogecoin (DOGE) using BitPay. While the community at large did not respond well, the harsh critic was none other than one of its co-founders.
Mozilla Co-founder is Not a Crypto Fan
In a fierce Twitter thread, Jamie Zawinsk, aka JWZ, blasted the browser maker for accepting “planet incinerating cryptocurrency donations.” The reason behind his harsh words is the environmental impact of these digital assets – a common criticism.
For context, JWZ co-founded Mozzila in 1998 and also coined the term “Mozilla” before leaving the project a year later. Mozilla then released the popular Firefox browser in 2004.
However, it wasn’t until a decade later that it started accepting cryptocurrency donations via Coinbase. Over the next couple of years, Mozilla included other cryptocurrencies for donations – Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Litecoin, etc.
“A killer of planets damned by God”
Zawinski is currently the owner of a nightclub. But that didn’t stop the former programmer from entering the tech world. In fact, he even has a Dunning-Krugerrands tag on his blog for cryptocurrency-related articles.
And he has some harsh words for the crypto industry. In one of the posts, Zawinski mentions that the business model of the crypto industry is “unrealistic and ham-handed if it was a villain on Captain Planet: they manufacture only POLLUTION, nothing else, and they turn that into money.” He goes on to add,
“They call it ‘currency’, but the only thing you can do with it is paying a ransom after your computer has been hacked!” You can’t even use it to buy porn! And make no mistake, if you can’t use one thing to buy porn, that thing isn’t currency. Cryptocurrencies are itchy and itchy money.
Here’s what Dogecoin co-creator Billy Markus had to say about the whole fiasco:
However, cryptocurrency is not the only sector it opposes. Asked about his opinion on Web 3.0, Zawinski responded:
“There are no technicals, it’s a buzzword in search of a definition, and the definition most are latching onto seems to be “but what if more cryptocurrency???”
