Someone donated Bitcoin to the Austrian treasury department in order to start a Bitcoin reserve. They refused the gift.
Christian Friedl, einer der Initiatoren des Bitcoin-Volksbegehrens in Österreich, hat eine Bitcoin-Wallet-Card (gedruckt von der Österreichischen Staatsdruckerei) mit 0.00070021 Bitcoin (ca. 72 Euro bzw. 1000 Schilling) an das Finanzministerium gespendet, um damit den Grundstein einer Bitcoin-Reserve zu legen.
Das Ministerium wusste aber nicht so recht, was sie damit machen sollen und haben sich nach einer Anfrage dazu entschlossen, das Geschenk nicht anzunehmen und wieder zu retournieren. Das Ministerium darf natürlich keine Geschenke annehmen.
Witzige Aktion, von der sogar im "Standard" berichtet wurde:
Was sagt ihr dazu? Verschläft Österreich die digitale FinTech-Zukunft? Bisher sollen das Volksbegehren nur 5500 Personen unterstützt haben. Warum ist das Interesse für Bitcoin und Krypto so gering in Österreich?
The Austrian treasury department received Bitcoin as a gift, but does not want it.
https://x.com/CJ_Friedl/status/1946652071857439010
https://x.com/CPramhofer/status/1946635998084972668
Initiative to start a Bitcoin referendum in Austria
https://bitcoin-volksbegehren.at/
English
Christian Friedl, one of the initiators of a Bitcoin referendum in Austria, donated a Bitcoin wallet card (printed by the Austrian State Printing Office) containing 0.00070021 Bitcoin (approx. 72 euros or 1,000 schillings) to the Ministry of Finance in order to lay the foundation for a Bitcoin reserve.
However, the ministry was unsure what to do with the donation and, after inquiring, decided not to accept the gift and to return it. Of course, the ministry is not allowed to accept gifts.
A funny story that was even reported in the Austrian media:
What do you think? Is Austria missing out on the digital FinTech future? So far, only 5,500 people are said to have supported the referendum. Why is interest in Bitcoin and crypto so low in Austria?
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STOPEuropa muss zu sehen nicht mal wieder abgehängt zu werden.
Wieso wird im technischen Bereich immer alles verschlafen!?
Lol that didn't make much sense
It's low because the state will tax crypto to death i guess
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Lool, I guess they will regret this big time quite soon 😅
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Well at least the dude tried xD
Well, our government received a donation of almost 500 BTC. Beat that! :))
It was a bit of a scandal though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Czech_government_Bitcoin_scandal
Oh wow, this is a wild story, and interesting that the donation was originally accepted.
My best guess is the donor is dead somewhere in Asia, as the whole story is pretty shabby :)
Es besteht definitiv kein Interesse mehr im EU Raum das Ruder nochmal herum zu reißen, im Sinne des Volkes.
Man muss sich selber informieren und so gut schützen wie es halt geht, von Regierungen ist nichts (gutes) mehr zu erwarten, leider.
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BEER.If it had been 72 billion, we would see if they would have rejected it.
I think it's too late to create reserves in Bitcoin.
Glaube nicht, dass nur Östereich das Thema Krypto/BTC verschläft, sondern leider auch mal wieder komplett Europa.
Ignorance can make one to throw a bag of gold into the ocean. It's obvious that Austria will bite their finger in future when they come to realize that Bitcoin is a good way to go.
austria would regret it.
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It doesn't make sense to reject it. It only adds more options. I think its just because crypto doesn't get much good news with all the scams.
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