CoinDesk (@CoinDesk): HISTORY: On June 14-15th, 2011 Wikileaks starts to receive $BTC donations.
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HISTORY: On June 14-15th, 2011 Wikileaks starts to receive $BTC donations. Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal had cut off @wikileaks, killing 95% of its revenue. They turned to Bitcoin. Satoshi warned they'd "kicked the hornet's nest." It was one of $BTC's first real tests as censorship-resistant money. Donations would amount to over 4,043 BTC, today that would be valued at almost $272M