Rower Elsa Hammond Accepting Bitcoin Donations For Pacific Crossing
Source: ElsaHammond.com. Rower Elsa Hammond is planning to row her way through part of the Pacific Ocean from Monterey Bay, California to Hawaii. It's a a 2,800-mile journey, and it'll all be propelled with Hammond's own body strength. In preparation, Hammond needs to raise £100,000 (or just over $160,000 USD) to make the journey happen. As such, she's decided to accept bitcoin donations. As of this writing, Hammond has managed to raise 6.41174 BTC to her donation address, nearly $4,000 USD. Blockchain.info has even joined in on the fun, becoming one of Hammond's sponsors. Excess funds....
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In June 2014, Elsa Hammond will attempt to row across the pacific ocean, from Monterey Bay in California to Hawaii, a distance of over 2,400 miles, as part of the Great Pacific Race 2014. Hammond expects to spend about three months at sea and she will row on average for 16 hours a day. Her goal is to beat the current record of 99 days and as part of her effort she is raising money for the Plastic Oceans Foundation. Blockchain Sponsorship and Pizza. Hammond reached out to the Bitcoin community in November, and Blockchain.info agreed todonate to the cause. Nicolas Carey from Blockchain says....
The Great Pacific Race 2014 is the world's first rowing race across the Pacific Ocean. Teams of one, two, and four will compete in a journey to row across the Pacific Ocean from Monterey, California to Honolulu, Hawaii. The race is expected to take anywhere from 30 to 90 days based on crew size in the boats. The racer's boats are only powered by muscle without any help from sails or engines. Ultracoin and Bitcoin Woman Magazine are pairing up to sponsor racerElsa Hammond for the race that will last up to three months. Ultracoin is an Altcoin with a blazing fast transaction time of six....
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Wikipedia has decided to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations after eight years of doing so. The decision is based on the request by the Wikimedia community citing “issues of environmental sustainability” as a key reason. Wikipedia Discontinues Accepting Bitcoin, Crypto Donations Wikimedia Foundation has announced its decision to “discontinue direct acceptance of cryptocurrency as a means of donating.” The foundation began accepting bitcoin in July 2014. “The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and our other free knowledge....