In Wake Of Tragedy, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Community Raising Donations For Mem...
Bitcoin Beach’s bitcoin fundraiser is in honor of the late Kathy Díaz, an El Salvador national surf team member who was struck by lightning.Bitcoin Beach, the bitcoin-focused project giving residents of a modest beach community in El Salvador unprecedented access to financial autonomy, is driving a global fundraiser to build a surf and community center in honor of Kathy Díaz, a member of the national surf team who was struck and killed by lightning while training.The team signed its first-ever paid contracts in March, which were denominated in sats and funded by Bitcoin Beach. After....
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Disaster can strike us all at any given moment, and the folks living on the coast of Ecuador has been on the receiving end of a massive earthquake. Bitcoinec is raising Bitcoin donations to help the victims and their families. It is always positive to see Bitcoin community members rally together for a good cause. Even though the good cause in this story....
Scammers took advantage of the recent Orlando, Fla. terrorist attack that took 49 peoples’ lives by tricking people into sending donations on behalf of the victims by setting up a fake Twitter account and urging people to donate bitcoin. The scammers used the handle @PulseOrlandoUSA and attached the account to hashtags associated with the tragedy. They built the account’s profile by attaching thousands of phony followers to it in order to draw attention after the attack, according to ArsTechnica. The account was closed after only raising $30 worth of bitcoin. Users Recognize The Scam The....
Comic Relief, the British charity best known for its 'Red Nose Day' fundraising event, is exploring the potential for bitcoin donations. The Red Nose Day telethon is held every two years and has raised many millions of pounds since its launch in 1985 for causes such as famine and the fight against malaria in Africa, as well as disability rights and homelessness in the UK. On alternate years, the charity also hosts Sports Relief, a similar telethon that brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money for its supported causes. Now, in response to the surging popularity....
It has been about a month since the "Bit of Support" campaign went live. The campaign available on www. BitofSupport.com is a socially conscious initiative by NewsBTC, KarmaSnap and igot towards the victims of the recent earthquakes in Nepal. In the past few days, the campaign on BitoSupport.com has proven that the Bitcoin community cares deeply. To stand proof to this overly generic claim is the response received by BitofSupport; the campaign has raised about 1 BTC so far in less than 30 days. 1 BTC, which converts to roughly around $230 in fiat currency doesn't look like a lot of money.....
In the wake of bitcoin groundbreaker Hal Finney's passing a few days ago, some prominent figures in the bitcoin community have teamed up in a campaign to raise funds for research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Erik Voorhees, co-founder of Coinapult, Jason King of Sean's Outpost, bitcoin evangelist Roger Ver, BitPay and the Bitcoin Foundation have collaborated to provide a way to donate bitcoin to ALS research. Bitcoin Foundation chief scientist Gavin Andresen made the video above to kick off the campaign, named the Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research. The main donation....