BitNation Taps Blockchain Tech to Aid Refugees
BitNation, which is a collaborative platform for do-it-yourself governance, just launched an emergency response program using blockchain tech to aid refugees. Currently, thousands of refugees are fleeing Syria and nearby countries due to the ongoing turmoil. Several governments, including that of Britain and Australia, have pledged to accept and resettle several refugees. Roughly 400,000 refugees have arrived in Europe so far this year and many more are expected to come within the next months. BitNation Refugee Emergency Response (BRER). According to its website, the BRER is a humanitarian....
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The Syrian refugee crisis in several parts of Europe has been going on for months, as tensions in the country continue to escalate. While some European nations have pledged to accept thousands of refugees, border countries such as Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan are approaching "a dangerous saturation point" according to the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection. Throughout all this, BitNation has been carrying out its BitNation Refugee Emergency Response (BRER) program to facilitate the distribution of emergency services and humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees. The group....
Bitnation was recently in the news for assisting European nations to process the refugees entering Europe and providing support to these refugees as well. We caught up with Ms. Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof, the founder and CEO of Bitnation to know more about the organization, projects they are currently involved in and her future plans for Bitnation. NewsBTC: Please tell us a bit more about Bitnation. Susanne: Bitnation is the world's first Virtual Nation providing real governance services. It's powered by the blockchain technology, which enables us to provide the same services traditional....
A decentralized project called Refugee Emergency Response (BRER) was recently launched by Bitnation to help resolve the current refugee crisis in Europe by registering undocumented individuals on the blockchain. Bitnation founder Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof is seeking various ways to build cooperation with NGO’s and activists to help refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn and destabilized regions. Tempelhof explained to CoinTelegraph: “The refugee crisis in Europe is massive, and will last for years to come with millions of stateless people who can’t open bank accounts, or even take a....
Bitnation is a Governance 2.0 platform powered by distributed blockchain technology. Bitnation aims to provide the same services provided by traditional governments, but in a geographically unbound, decentralized, and voluntary way. The Bitnation crowdsale of the XBNX altcoin, the traded equity stake in the foundation of Bitnation, started today. At the same time, the three most senior members of the Bitnation team (save for the CEO) left Bitnation with an open resignation letter. CNN reached out to the parties involved to find out what happened and why. Bitnation CEO Susanne Tarkowski....
Bitnation, a governance service that provides block chain IDs and bitcoin debit cards to refugees, has teamed with the government of Estonia to provide public notary services on the block chain, according to the International Business Times. Beginning in December, people utilizing Estonia'se-residency program will be able to notarize marriages, contracts, birth certificates and more on the block chain. Estonia's e-residency program allows anyone to use its online identity service, regardless where they live. The partnership could extend Bitnation's role as a sovereign entity whereby open....