Burning Man Accepts Bitcoin Donations for Year-Round Activities
Burning Man, the organization best known for its annual week-long celebration of cutting-edge culture in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, has announced it is accepting bitcoin donations to extend its reach. While ticket sales to the 'Black Rock City' event generally cover production costs, donations will help cover Burning Man's growing year-round program of other activities, including Global Art Grants program, the Big Art for Small Towns program and art honorariums. Donations will be processed through Coinbase. Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell said: "Donations will help provide more grants,....
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In a world where the bitcoin community wants bitcoin accepted worldwide, the bitcoin community should expect bitcoin accepted by everyone. Burning Man, a popular festival in the deserts of Nevada, is accepting donations in bitcoin this year toward their non-profit organization. After accepting bitcoin through Coinbase, Burning Man urged their following to utilize bitcoin because of its self-reliance factors, as well as the overall communal effort associated with the blockchain. "Donations will help provide more grants, training and support to creators of radically interactive art and....
The popular festival Burning Man, which takes place in Nevada's Black Rock Desert is now accepting bitcoin donations to expand its organization. CEO Marion Goodell explains: "Donations will help provide more grants, training and support to creators of radically interactive art and evens on and off the playa, fund civic programs, teach communities the power of collaboration, strengthen our infrastructure and making the Burning Man experience accessible year-round... Accepting Bitcoin for donations is an experimental first step. We plan to explore other possibilities in the future, including....
One of Africa’s biggest wildlife conservancies, the Virunga National Park, which is situated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says it now accepts donations via cryptocurrency. It says such donations will be used in helping to protect DRC’s famed “mountain gorillas and the ecosystems they inhabit.” Tax Efficient Way to Support Virunga In a statement recently published on its website, Virunga, which is home to one of Africa’s “oldest national park and most biologically diverse protected area,” says it will initially accept donations in the....
The Apache Software Foundation is the latest not-for-profit organization to accept bitcoin donations, as pointed out by a user on Reddit.com. The organization is well known for their catalog of open-source software, of which includes the ubiquitous Apache web server and OpenOffice suite, and users in the community have been eager to support their efforts using digital currency for quite a while. The Foundation accepts donations in many different forms: Amazon, PayPal, and they'll even accept donated cars. On their contribution page, the Apache Software Foundation has published a bitcoin....
One of the oldest UK charities accepts Bitcoin donations. On July 31, The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) began accepting Bitcoin. The RNLI was founded in 1824, and is a major charity based in the UK and Ireland. RNLI considers taking bitcoin donations a pilot scheme, and does not have expectations as to how many bitcoins will be donated. The ability to accept bitcoin does not replace but rather it complements existing donation mechanisms. Donating bitcoin to the cause is as easy as visiting the RNLI website, and sending to their Bitcoin wallet. Now accepting donations in....