Bitcoin For Truckers, The Campaign That Could Render GoFundme Irrelevant
Go Fund Yourself using Bitcoin, this slogan has been at the core of a recently launched campaign on Tallycoin. A crowdfunding platform powered by BTC and the second layer payment solution lightning network, which offers its users 0% fees, its own website Plug-in, and a companion node software. Related Reading | Why Canada’s Crypto Industry […]
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Bitcoiners raised more than twelve bitcoin, worth over $543,000 for Canadian freedom truckers since GoFundMe suspended their campaign.
Bitcoin’s advantages to worthy fundraising drives is in the spotlight again, after crowdfunding site GoFundMe removed a campaign that included a Bitcoin donation address. Reasons for Suspension. GoFundMe later reinstated the campaign – a restaurant training and employment program for youth in Uganda – but only after references to Bitcoin were removed....
GoFundMe does not operate in some countries, nor do they let Africans withdraw funds from the platform. Bitcoin remains a topic of substantial debate and lots of opposition. Despite the advantages cryptocurrency offers when it comes to crowdfunding, very few platform shave integrated cryptocurrency support. GoFundMe suspended a campaign which had a Bitcoin address listed, as it allegedly violated their terms of service. GoFundMe Doesn’t Like Bitcoin. It has to be said; crowdfunding platforms do not take kindly to Bitcoin. If they did, companies such as Indiegogo and Kickstarter would have....
GoFundMe axed the “Freedom Convoy Campaign” after some protesters became violent, so organizers turned to the Bitcoin fundraising platform Tallycoin instead. Truckers protesting the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Canada have turned to Bitcoin-based crowdfunding platform Tallycoin, following a barrage of mounting political pressure from all sides that culminated in GoFundMe axing their “Freedom Convoy Campaign.”GoFundMe pulled the campaign and $9 million in donations with it on Feb. 4 in response to reports of violence, which it claimed broke its terms of service. Initially, donors needed to....
This week the world has been watching the thousands of truckers in Canada protesting the vaccine mandates at the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. The Freedom Convoy has received worldwide support and millions of dollars were raised using Gofundme to help fund the protest. However, the crowdfunding platform decided to halt the fundraise and reimburse the donors who sent money. The decision has caused a massive uproar as Gofundme’s decision has exposed the vulnerabilities of centralized crowdfunding applications.
Trucker’s Vaccine Mandate Protest Raises $9 Million, Gofundme Shuts....