[tor-bugs] #18911 [User Experience/Website]: bitcoin donations via BitPay don't work properly for tor users (BitPay uses Cloudflare)

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#18911: bitcoin donations via BitPay don't work properly for tor users (BitPay uses
Cloudflare)
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks              |          Owner:  Sebastian
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:
Component:  User Experience/Website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 *Possible Whaleclub+bitsquare approach*

 BTC donations immediately deposited and converted to USD (for example).
 Since it's stored as fiat money and accounted as such.  Assuming that
 satisfies audit requirements, it can be stored that way.  Then to get the
 money out, you must have staff who would accept part of their paychecks in
 btc, so you trade USD for BTC and direct the btc to staff wallets.

 Alternatively, the bleeding-edge option is to use (very Tor-friendly)
 bitsquare (a decentralized p2p btc platform).  It's still experimental,
 but when it's in full swing torproject could offer btc sale orders on it.
 When someone accepts, torproject could convert the USD to btc on
 whaleclub, withdraw, and push it straight to the bitsquare txn.

 The Bitsquare platform is designed specifically for Tor, and thus promotes
 Tor.  So Torproject should reciprocate.  Particularly when most bitcoin
 exchangers (incl. bitpay) piss on Tor users.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18911#comment:6>
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