Donate Bitcoin for Chile Earthquake and Tsunami victims
No less than one million people had to flee from their homes in Chile after a powerful quake jolted the country's central region. To help the survivors, SurBTC, Chile's first fully fledged Bitcoin exchange, has created an account with the aim to help in collecting funds. In a blog post, this Bitcoin exchange also outlined that the account will be only used to collect donations for the survivors. The features of this account are as under:0% fee on every deposit, withdrawal or other transactions. This will be done both in Chilean Peso and Bitcoin. Every Bitcoin will be converted to Chilean....
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