{"id":4943,"date":"2022-03-03T18:36:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/every-bitcoin-helps-why-ukraine-is-soliciting-for-cryptocurrency-donations\/"},"modified":"2022-03-03T18:36:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:36:25","slug":"every-bitcoin-helps-why-ukraine-is-soliciting-for-cryptocurrency-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/every-bitcoin-helps-why-ukraine-is-soliciting-for-cryptocurrency-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"Every bitcoin helps: why Ukraine is soliciting for cryptocurrency donations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crypto\u2019s ability to eschew bureaucratic red tape is the best way to provide immediate service to a vulnerable population, experts say<\/p>\n

He would bristle at the term but you might describe Dylan Schultz as a crypto bro. He runs Lavender.Five, a crypto validator service that authenticates transactions on the blockchain (imagine a deregulated branch of the Securities and Exchange Commission). <\/p>\n

On 25 February, he issued a plea<\/a> to his 1,700 Twitter followers, \u201cWe\u2019ll match any donation made to a charity in support of Ukraine, up to a total of $1,000.\u201d The next day, Schultz posted the fruits of his initiative<\/a>; 0.028 bitcoin, equaling the total donations of about $1,100, sent to a crypto wallet operated by a Ukrainian military NGO called Come Back Alive. He\u2019s one tiny part of a chorus of countless other crypto holders all over the world who\u2019ve raced to back Ukrainians in the face of an invading force. Reports claim that more than $30m in cryptocurrency<\/a> has been funneled to the country since the war began. So has charity finally become decentralized?<\/p>\n

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\nCrypto\u2019s ability to eschew bureaucratic red tape is the best way to provide immediate service to a vulnerable population, experts say
\nHe would bristle at the term but you might describe Dylan Schultz as a crypto bro. He runs Lavender.Five, a crypto validator service that authenticates transactions on the blockchain (imagine a deregulated branch of the Securities and Exchange Commission).
\nOn 25 February, he issued a plea to his 1,700 Twitter followers, \u201cWe\u2019ll match any donation made to a charity in support of Ukraine, up to a total of $1,000.\u201d The next day, Schultz posted the fruits of his initiative; 0.028 bitcoin, equaling the total donations of about $1,100, sent to a crypto wallet operated by a Ukrainian military NGO called Come Back Alive. He\u2019s one tiny part of a chorus of countless other crypto holders all over the world who\u2019ve raced to back Ukrainians in the face of an invading force. Reports claim that more than $30m in cryptocurrency has been funneled to the country since the war began. So has charity finally become decentralized? Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crypto\u2019s ability to eschew bureaucratic red tape is the best way to provide immediate service to a vulnerable population, experts say He would bristle at the term but you might describe Dylan Schultz as a crypto bro. He runs Lavender.Five, a crypto validator service that authenticates transactions on the blockchain (imagine a deregulated branch of …<\/p>\n

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