{"id":36219,"date":"2021-02-10T17:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=36219"},"modified":"2025-08-29T05:14:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:14:36","slug":"monero-community-urges-elon-musk-to-accept-xmr-for-tesla-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/monero-community-urges-elon-musk-to-accept-xmr-for-tesla-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Monero community urges Elon Musk to accept XMR for Tesla payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Supporters of the anonymous cryptocurrency Monero have proposed adding the XMR token as a payment option on Tesla&#8217;s website, alongside Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Monero community is calling on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> to add <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Monero?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Monero<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XMR?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XMR<\/a> payments for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tesla?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tesla<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Monero is the cypherpunk currency defending your freedom.<\/p>\n<p>If Monero is added, we will donate a new Model 3 to EACH of 3 charities selected by the community! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tesla4XMR?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tesla4XMR<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JcvfcLfv4E\">https:\/\/t.co\/JcvfcLfv4E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Monero || #xmr (@monero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monero\/status\/1359347681466925057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe proposal would spur the Monero community to come together and raise funds to purchase three Tesla Model 3 cars and donate them to three worthy charitable organisations,\u201d the message said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/blog\/35000-tesla-model-3-available-now?redirect=no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the company&#8217;s website<\/a>, the price of the new Model 3 is $35,000. The authors of the initiative estimated the maximum expenditure for a single car at $50,000.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven users supported the proposal. It attracted 890 XMR (~$152,170 at the time of writing).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_124562\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124562\" class=\"wp-image-124562 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-26-1024x282.png\" alt=\"\u0421\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e Monero \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0418\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c XMR \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043e\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u044b Tesla\" width=\"1024\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-26-1024x282.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-26-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-26-768x212.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-26.png 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-124562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/ccs.getmonero.org\/proposals\/monero-payment-option-tesla.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GetMonero.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>XMR holders aim to attract the attention of Tesla founder Elon Musk over 21 days starting February 9. If he does not respond, the funds raised will be returned to users.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KHkA5siCWS\">\n<p>What is Monero (XMR)?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhat is Monero (XMR)?\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/cryptorium\/chto-takoe-monero\/embed#?secret=FRdbDtO3Ml#?secret=KHkA5siCWS\" data-secret=\"KHkA5siCWS\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to the community, some Tesla enthusiasts will value the privacy-focused coin XMR.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe effect of appearing at a party with a completely new Tesla will be somewhat diminished if your friends knew about the purchase from a transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain,\u201d said project representatives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anonymous transactions have repeatedly drawn the attention of authorities. In October 2020, the IRS <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/irs-to-task-chainalysis-with-tracking-monero-transactions\">selected Chainalysis and Integra FEC<\/a> to develop tools for tracking transactions on the Monero network.<\/p>\n<p>In November, CipherTrace <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ciphertrace-files-two-patents-for-monero-transaction-tracing-technology\">filed two patents<\/a> for a technology that includes tools for tracing transaction flows in the Monero network.<\/p>\n<p>As reported, Tesla <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musks-tesla-invested-1-5-billion-in-bitcoin-the-assets-price-rose-to-44800\">invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin<\/a> and indicated that in the future it could integrate the first cryptocurrency as a means of payment for its products.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full feed of news, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporters of the anonymous cryptocurrency Monero proposed adding the XMR token as a payment option on Tesla&#8217;s website alongside Bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1217,513,1319],"class_list":["post-36219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-elon-musk","tag-monero","tag-tesla"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36221,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36219\/revisions\/36221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}