Month: May 2022

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The Wikimedia Foundation has stopped accepting cryptocurrency donations

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the organization behind Wikipedia, has announced that it will no longer accept donations in cryptocurrency, as first reported by Web3 Is Going Just Great. In an update, the WMF says it “has decided to discontinue direct acceptance of cryptocurrency as a means of donating.” It also says it will close its Bitpay account, preventing any future contributions in crypto.

After a lengthy discussion with almost 400 members of the WMF community, the majority voted to do away with crypto contributions 234 to 94. Some of the main arguments concerned the environmental implications of Bitcoin, the risk of scams, as well as the fact that the WMF gets such a low amount of donations in cryptocurrency compared to other…

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Author: Emma Roth

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The Fisher-Price baby’s first gamepad has just been modded to play Elden Ring

Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge

I never thought I’d be writing about my baby’s Fisher-Price gamepad again, but here we go: a modder has turned the cheap tune-filled toy into a complete Xbox gamepad with everything you’d need to play Elden Ring. And incredibly, he did so without losing any of the Fisher-Price Game & Learn Controller’s built-in sound effects — meaning you can now pair your Malenia run with such classic kiddie hits as “1, 2, 3, 4, up goes your score!” and “Orange, purple, white and pink, green, red and blue, woohoo!”

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Author: Sean Hollister

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Lake Erie Wine Country, New York

Lake Erie Wine Country is home to over 20 wineries spread out over 50 miles. The cold region produces sweet grapes and delicious wines! As you can guess by its name, this stretch of wineries runs along the southern shore of Lake Erie. This means it is home to gorgeous views of both the lake …

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Author: Matt

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Bored Ape Yacht Club creator’s metaverse mint rocks the Ethereum blockchain

An illustration of a Bored Ape at the center of a vortex pulling in Meebits and CryptoPunks.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Yuga Labs, the web3 company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, disrupted the entire Ethereum blockchain as a flood of users rushed to purchase NFTs representing virtual plots of land in its upcoming metaverse project, Otherside. A total of 55,000 Otherdeeds sold at a flat price of 305 ApeCoin, or around $5,800 at the time of purchase (via CoinTelegraph), raising about $320 million in what was considered the “largest NFT mint in history.”

Otherdeeds are minted in BAYC’s native ApeCoin, but still require Ethereum for gas fees. A gas fee is the cost associated with a transaction on the Ethereum blockchain. Fees typically increase as the network gets more congested, as it becomes more work to process a transaction.

Such a large volume of…

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Author: Emma Roth