<p>To prevent vandalism and spam. You can gain edit access by <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BitcoinPayment" rel="nofollow">making a payment</a> (in bitcoins, of course).</p>

<p>The payment required is (at least) 0.001 BTC, which is actually no longer trivially small in my opinion.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>BitcoinPayment is a MediaWiki extension to limit spam, by requiring a
  small one-time bitcoin payment before a user is allowed to edit or
  create pages.</p>
  
  <p>While the payment is deliberately trivially small for a normal user,
  it presents a barrier to a mass-spammer.</p>
  
  <p>Funds sent to this wiki will be used to keep the wiki online (cost of
  domain name and hosting), and remaining funds will be donated to the
  Bitcoin Foundation.</p>
</blockquote>

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2013-05-15T07:55:51.127Z
I prefer a captcha.
Steven Roose
CC BY-SA 3.0
2013-05-17T10:45:05.197Z
It's probably a good idea to let people know about this when they click the edit button.
Sjors Provoost
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-03-28T22:50:15.717Z
Note that the payment system for unlocking is both outdated (0.01 BTC is not a trivial amount anymore) and defunct (it used MtGox as payment processopr). I believe it is being worked on (as of march 2014) but don't know the state.
Pieter Wuille
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-04-07T07:22:01.800Z
You can also get edit rights by coming to IRC channel #bitcoin-wiki on Freenode, ask  and stay there until someone adds you to the editors stay.
Mikko Ohtamaa
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2013-05-15T00:41:32.207Z
2015-04-06T23:04:32.430Z
2015-04-06T23:04:32.430Z
Highly Irregular
<p>I recently found an <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/IP_Transactions" rel="nofollow">error</a> on the <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Bitcoin Wiki</a>, when I noticed that I could not edit it.</p>

<p>I made an account a long time ago, so I logged into it, but still I am not able to edit pages.</p>

<p>Why is this? A wiki is supposed to be community-driven.</p>

<p>Who does have access to the wiki pages?</p>

<bitcoin-wiki>
Why is the Bitcoin Wiki protected against editing?
Steven Roose
# Why is the Bitcoin Wiki protected against editing?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-14)

I recently found an [error](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/IP_Transactions) on the [Bitcoin Wiki](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page), when I noticed that I could not edit it.

I made an account a long time ago, so I logged into it, but still I am not able to edit pages.

Why is this? A wiki is supposed to be community-driven.

Who does have access to the wiki pages?

**Tags:** bitcoin-wiki


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-15. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

To prevent vandalism and spam. You can gain edit access by [making a payment](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BitcoinPayment) (in bitcoins, of course).

The payment required is (at least) 0.001 BTC, which is actually no longer trivially small in my opinion.

> BitcoinPayment is a MediaWiki extension to limit spam, by requiring a
> small one-time bitcoin payment before a user is allowed to edit or
> create pages.
>
> While the payment is deliberately trivially small for a normal user,
> it presents a barrier to a mass-spammer.
>
> Funds sent to this wiki will be used to keep the wiki online (cost of
> domain name and hosting), and remaining funds will be donated to the
> Bitcoin Foundation.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I prefer a captcha.  
> **username_2**: It's probably a good idea to let people know about this when they click the edit button.  
> **username_3**: Note that the payment system for unlocking is both outdated (0.01 BTC is not a trivial amount anymore) and defunct (it used MtGox as payment processopr). I believe it is being worked on (as of march 2014) but don't know the state.  
> **username_4**: You can also get edit rights by coming to IRC channel #bitcoin-wiki on Freenode, ask  and stay there until someone adds you to the editors stay.  

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