2014.05.14 向竞选活动提供了比特币捐款

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39 Engaged Citizens Made Bitcoin Donations to Congressman Jared Polis's Campaign
Democratic Rep. Jared Polis, who is nationally known for his goofy bow-ties, is now the first member of Congress to get significant donations in the form of Bitcoin.

By Allie Jones
MAY 14, 2014
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Democratic Rep. Jared Polis, who is nationally known for his goofy bow-ties, is now the first member of Congress to get significant donations in the form of Bitcoin. After the FEC ruled last Thursday that political committees could accept Bitcoin donations in limited amounts, Polis announced that his campaign would officially accept the cryptocurrency. So far, he's raised $1,500 worth of BTC from 39 voters, according to Dave Levinthal at the Center for Public Integrity.


Polis certainly "dares" to be different, and that's part of his charm. He's one of the wealthiest members of Congress — in 2012, the Center for Responsive Politics estimated his net worth to be around $330 million. He made that money buying and selling internet companies in the 1990s. Now, he's running for a fourth term in his left-leaning Colorado district. At the end of March, his campaign reported it had $300,000 on hand.

Polis isn't getting too crazy, however. His campaign won't accept Dogecoin (which just got hacked, anyway). Campaign manager Elizabeth Kaufman tells the CPI that they have "no immediate plans to take other forms of digital currency being that Bitcoin is the only one the FEC has issued guidelines on."

This article is from the archive of our partner The Wire.
Allie Jones is a former staff writer at The Wire.



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39位参与的公民向议员Jared Polis的竞选活动提供了比特币捐款
民主党众议员Jared Polis因其呆萌的蝴蝶结而闻名全国，他现在是第一个以比特币形式获得大量捐款的国会议员。

作者：Allie Jones
2014年5月14日

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以呆萌的蝴蝶结闻名全国的民主党众议员贾里德-波利斯，现在是第一个以比特币形式获得大量捐款的国会议员。在联邦选举委员会上周四裁定政治委员会可以接受有限金额的比特币捐款后，波利斯宣布他的竞选活动将正式接受这种加密货币。据公共诚信中心的Dave Levinthal称，到目前为止，他已经从39位选民那里筹集了价值1500美元的BTC。


波利斯当然 "敢于 "与众不同，这是他魅力的一部分。他是最富有的国会议员之一--2012年，响应性政治中心估计他的净资产约为3.3亿美元。他在20世纪90年代购买和出售互联网公司时赚了这些钱。现在，他正在科罗拉多州偏左的地区竞选第四个任期。3月底，他的竞选团队报告说手上有30万美元的资金。

然而，波利斯并没有变得太疯狂。他的竞选团队不接受Dogecoin（无论如何，Dogecoin刚刚被黑掉）。竞选经理伊丽莎白-考夫曼告诉CPI，他们 "没有立即计划接受其他形式的数字货币，因为比特币是联邦选举委员会发布的唯一一种数字货币。"

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艾莉-琼斯是The Wire的前员工作家。