Topic: Bitcoin Accepting Churches - page 5. (Read 784 times)
I don't think those people will accept my BTC donation. I am not saying that they don't want the money but I guess it is just bothersome, instead, I can just sell that BTC and gave the fiat to them right?
Most religions in our country disagree with the adoption of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin. They have different interpretation about it so they're against it.
Can you expound more on this? Why do they "disagree" or why are they against bitcoin and cryptocurrencies? It surprises me that they actually acknowledged bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in the first place.
Here is not any Church who accept bitcoin, they only accept fiat money for donation, maybe is more easy for them to use money then crypto and after to cashout because can take time and also is crypto is volatile.
Okay so what exactly is that church? Is that another church that's using the name of God for business? In the OP, you said about donations right? Is donation the right term for this if you are dictating what people donates you?
Most religions in our country disagree with the adoption of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin. They have different interpretation about it so they're against it. However, things still depend on the religious leader's belief and teachings. Open minded people will still accept and adopt cryptocurrency regardless of their religion.
In the past working with banks was sinful and not allowed as Christians are not supposed to engage in usury. Direct giving, and therefore bitcoin, was the only acceptable donation. Can you imagine that now, lol. Usury is the business many large churches are in. If you are like most, then your God is 3% MasterCard.
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Have you encountered a denomination near your area accepting bitcoin or cryptocurrency?
Not yet, though crypto is somehow accepted and adapted in my country, churches have not accepted crypto as donations.
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Would you share the same idea to the denomination or faith you are a part of?
If it would benefit churches and other groups or organizations, why not. Cryptocurrency is more convenient to use than fiat since it's faster to use for transactions. However, it still depends on country, if there are only several merchants or places where churches can use crypto, it would not benefit them at all.
Local merchants in my area have not adopted BTC yet which is why it is pointless to think about churches currently in this context. There are a couple of charities that do accept BTC donations online in my country.
As adoption rates continue to grow with time, you can expect such religious institutions(Churches, Mosques, Temples etc) to accept BTC as an alternate denomination, but I am not expecting this to happen anytime soon op.
As adoption rates continue to grow with time, you can expect such religious institutions(Churches, Mosques, Temples etc) to accept BTC as an alternate denomination, but I am not expecting this to happen anytime soon op.
Have you encountered a denomination near your area accepting bitcoin or cryptocurrency?
Not at all, as in our country, bitcoin isn't adopted that much in local landmarks in the first place. Though I see this being adopted more on churches in the near future, though mostly on countries that has decent amount of bitcoin adoption in general.Would you share the same idea to the denomination or faith you are a part of?
I personally wouldn't. I'm personally big on hiding my affiliation with bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in general, for security purposes. If I would be able to do so anonymously, probably? Though I don't see a significant number of people giving their tithes with bitcoin in my country probably for a few years. 
While I am searching for churches that readily accept bitcoin for donations, I realized that there are now some who seem to see the potential use of cryptocurrency in their financial operation (religious groups do need money as just like any other organizations).
"Father Rosado believes that St. John’s the Evangelist is the first Catholic Church to accept bitcoins and he thinks virtual currency donations can be much more useful than those in fiat currencies. 'In theory, in the future, you could exchange bitcoins for any currency. It would be faster to move money around,' said Father Rosado."
"An evangelical church in Zurich will begin accepting offerings in the cryptocurrency bitcoin. “Digital currencies and the blockchain technology will change our daily lives more and more in the next years,” Nicolas Legler, spokesperson for Zurich's ICF Church, told Swiss media."
Have you encountered a denomination near your area accepting bitcoin or cryptocurrency? Would you share the same idea to the denomination or faith you are a part of?
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