<p>The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), a New York-based non-profit charity, is now accepting bitcoin donations via open-source payment processor BTCPay Server.</p> <p>The non-profit has been accepting bitcoin donations since 2014, but this is the first time it is <a href="https://twitter.com/HRF/status/1237017217885143040">using</a> a payment processor, Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer of the HRF, told The Block.</p> <p>“BTCPay Server helps protect the privacy of donors; has no centralized entity that would collect or exploit user information; and is nicely customizable,” said Gladstein.</p> <p>The foundation also accepts donations in ether (ETH) and privacy-oriented coins such as monero (XMR) and zcash (ZEC), according to its <a href="https://hrf.org/donate-bitcoin/">website</a>.</p> <p>Last December, Gladstein appeared on a The Block podcast and <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/49947/bitcoin-is-creating-a-better-future-for-human-rights-defenders-says-human-rights-foundation-cso-alex-gladstein">said</a> that bitcoin is creating a better future for human rights defenders and that it could exert a larger impact on the human rights scene than previously envisioned.<br /> <br /> “Something that is going to decentralize the means of production of money and access to money will be remarkably powerful, especially as we move into a more cashless future where all money will be electronic,” he said at the time.</p>