Now, every one know about Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor and a defense fund arranged by Wikileaks has collected over $12,000 in Bitcoins in two weeks.

Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American computer specialist who worked for the CIA and the NSA and leaked details of several top-secret United States and British government mass surveillance programs to the press.



Based on information Snowden leaked to The Guardian in May 2013 while employed at NSA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, the British newspaper published a series of exposés that revealed programs such as the interception of U.S. and European telephone metadata and the PRISM,XKeyscore, and Tempora Internet surveillance programs. Snowden’s release of NSA material was called the most significant leak in US history by Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg.

A Bitcoin is currently selling for about $130 on Mt. Gox, the currency’s largest exchange.

It is the 19th day of the Donation Campaign but from August12 they started to accept Bitcoins and over 105 Bitcoins from 144 Donors have been donated for Snowden.

The largest deposit for Snowden in Bitcoin is 25 Bitcoins ($2,908) and Bitcoin is the Biggest selling points which allow users to remain anonymous.

A few self-identified donors have been discussing the case on BitCoinTalk.org, the largest Bitcoin forum online. User Herbet donated5 Bitcoins ($586) on August 13, and called Snowden a “hero.”

Wikileaks’ own Bitcoin wallet has received 3,791 Bitcoins ($450,800) in donations this year, including a notable 1,894 percent rise in donationsafter Julian Assange pledged to support Snowden in June.

VIA– Wikileaks|The Daily Dot|Wikipedia