Sean’s Outpost Threatened By County Officials
Sean’s Outpost is a well known charitable organization cryptocurrency enthusiasts have supported since its inception. The homeless outreach located in Pensacola, Florida has provided over 165,000 meals using Bitcoin as a funding vehicle. The outreach has shown the magnitude of possibilities crowdfunding with digital currency can bring. However, today the....
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The Bitcoin-funded Sean’s Outpost is having a hard time trying to keep Satoshi Forest running. Escambia County officials in Florida have cited the premises for many violations, and have asked the residents to vacate. More recently, county officials asked Sean’s Outpost to apply to the developer’s board, only to be denied once again. After Agreeing to....
Bitcoin.com recently spoke with Michael Kimberl of Sean’s Outpost concerning an upcoming threat against the Satoshi Forest sanctuary’s livelihood by neighboring property owners and Escambia County officials. A magistrate is expected to give a decision on August 12 whether Satoshi Forest has violated an ordinance regarding residents staying on the land,....
Sean’s Outpost is a renowned homeless shelter that has been accepting bitcoin donations for quite some time now. One of the initiatives of Sean’s Outpost — called Satoshi Forest, a homage to Satoshi Nakamoto — has been the subject of a court case in the state of Florida. Justice has been served, as Satoshi Forest has been deemed legal, and homelessness is not a crime. The reason why Sean’s Outpost has been gaining a lot of attention in recent years is because this charitable organization focuses on those in need that are close to home. The state of Florida sees the number of homeless....
Jason King replies to transparency questions about Sean’s Outpost. On November 20, Sean’s Outpost Founder Jason King published an open letter that included the charity’s statements and answers to recent questions about how the Outpost is handling donated funds. The letter was in response to Ben Doemberg’s questions on transparency and accountability published on November 14 on Let’s Talk Bitcoin in an article titled, “An Open Letter to Jason King of Seans Outpost.” Doemberg’s open letter received just shy of 9,000 views in just over one week, and King’s reply has 2,610 in the first two days.
She currently serves as the editor of Bitcoin Not Bombs, which promotes Bitcoin and financial freedom by helping launch NGOs and social entrepreneurs. Additionally, she volunteers at Sean’s Outpost and writes at a number of outlets on the currency’s potential to empower and free communities worldwide. We had a chance this week to speak with Lords about her work and her thoughts on Bitcoin. M.K. Lords: After being involved in political activism through the Ron Paul 2008 campaign, I became disillusioned with the political process, but it led me to further study libertarian/anarchist....