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[–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Ideally cryptocurrencies, that's what I usually use to donate to FOSS projects nowadays.

But aside from that Liberapay and Ko-fi seem to work fine for a ton of projects.. this is assuming the project maintainers(s) are able to set up Stripe to receive the donation money afterwards.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Stripe and PayPal are both used by Liberapay as their payment processor, both of which have a track record of holding funds and blocking accounts without any due process or right of dispute.

AFAIK ko-fi uses Stripe.

Paying for food using crypto, let alone picking the "right" one seems like another dead end.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago

Ko-fi also uses Stripe or PayPal, it's all PayPals all the way down.

[–] cosmos8188@leminal.space 1 points 6 days ago

Crypto is another beast. It would be a superior choice if stable coins built on with privacy in mind, such as monero where popular. But the fact is different, there isn't a clear consensus as to what currency is for what purpose. There is also other issues, but oh well.