Mozilla Succumbs to Crypto Hysteria: Community Outrage Forces U-Turn

Mozilla has decided to suspend donations via cryptocurrency following community backlash. The Mozilla Foundation thought it was doing well as a crypto adopter and tech supporter when it opened the lines for donations in digital currencies. Mozilla started off 2025 thinking it was making an innocuous call for donations in the form of cryptocurrency on Twitter. Mozilla was wrong. Responding to the tweet days later, La Fundación Mozilla se enfrentó a la desaprobación de la comunidad.

Mozilla announced the new policy with a jokey tweet, saying folks who dabble in @dogecoin or are HODLing some Bitcoin & Ethereum can donate their crypto. On the verge of the new year, Mozilla broke loose all hell when it reminded people with a playful tweet that it was accepting cryptocurrency donations, with Mozilla facing immediate and intense criticism.

The U-turn comes after one of the project's co-founders claimed Mozilla should be ashamed of partnering with planet-incinerating Ponzi grifters. Mozilla announced that it will no longer accept cryptocurrency donations. This dramatic shift comes after a significant wave of criticism.

After a wave of criticism from the open-source community this week, Mozilla, the company behind the popular Firefox browser, announced on Thursday it has paused cryptocurrency donations. The Mozilla Foundation has temporarily stopped supporters from donating with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies after blowback from the project’s co-founder, reported sources. The incident highlights the growing tension between the tech industry's embrace of crypto and environmental/ethical concerns within its community.