In light of @siggy47's epic satsraiser today, I wanted to ask about any other bitcoin initiatives that we should be paying attention to.
Who else can I throw my satoshis at??
3243 sats \ 0 replies \ @AllCatsAreEvil 30 Aug 2023
There's a few good ones in Geyser atm that would benefit from a few donations
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2195 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 30 Aug 2023
I donate via geyser so many projects. Also to get Zeus wallet team. I am an Olympian there 😌
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bear 31 Aug 2023
Nice!
I'm a mortal!
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2230 sats \ 0 replies \ @Lux 30 Aug 2023
https://bitcoinsmiles.org/
https://www.orphans-of-uganda.org/
https://miprimerbitcoin.io/en/my-first-bitcoin/
https://opensats.org/
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1870 sats \ 0 replies \ @1c8c319862 30 Aug 2023
tails and tor project are also in need of donations
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517 sats \ 8 replies \ @k00b 30 Aug 2023
I've donated to a few geyser projects.
Not related, but when ea initially started I did that one year in an attempt to understand what financial charity would feel like.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 30 Aug 2023
Oh and @opensats. I think also @brink during that last matching period.
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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @nemo 30 Aug 2023
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 30 Aug 2023
Effective Altruism
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @aoeu 31 Aug 2023
I can't help thinking of SBF any time I hear Effective Altruism.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 31 Aug 2023
Yeah he kind of fucked up the vibe
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 31 Aug 2023
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nemo 30 Aug 2023
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 30 Aug 2023
Seemed like an efficient way to give at the time. I think I donated to a fortified sugar project and another for mosquito nets.
I haven't followed the drama since.
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517 sats \ 1 reply \ @nemo 30 Aug 2023
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 30 Aug 2023
🙏
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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 fwd 30 Aug 2023
Thanks @birdeye21. I can't find the button to forward my forwarded sats to Anita in our nice circular internal economy!
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 30 Aug 2023
keep em, you earned them! If not, I'm sure they'll circle around to the right people on here eventually
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sahil 30 Aug 2023
That would be a nice feature!
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @runningbitcorn 31 Aug 2023
Next month we're going to be launching Bitcoin education classes in Argentina. We'd love it if you'd consider us. We're working with Mi Primer Bitcoin.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @brianh 31 Aug 2023
I've donated some sats to Alby's bounty program.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @edulopesf 31 Aug 2023
Not to many actually.... I'll pay attention more on this...
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @monaco 30 Aug 2023
I donated to Dorian’s address when he was falsely accused of being Satoshi.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 30 Aug 2023
SHOULD we donate to Bitcoin projects? Bitcoin is a monetary system that is build on incentives - why should we do something against incentives.
- E.g. donating to the Tor project isn't donating - the product is free so it's paying for the project with an "pay what you want" amount
- If I use SN I'm not donating - I'm a customer paying with sats and time and content
- If wanted to back a project I wouldn't just want to give them money for free. I'd want a stake in the business or lend money with interest
So no, there is no "donating" in the classical sense
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @aoeu 31 Aug 2023
Wouldn't supporting runwithbitcoin be donating in the classical sense? I am donating money to him to support him. Same thing with Opensats. I donate sats to support projects I believe in. My incentives may be somewhat "selfish" in that I own bitcoin and want bitcoin to succeed. It isn't going against incentives to give away your bitcoin for these projects. In fact, my incentives are to promote the network as best I can so that it can grow stronger and step up to become the world's money.
However, the current version of donation to bitcoin projects is different than what it will evolve into. Currently, most of the bitcoin donations are to improve aspects of bitcoin through education, increased adoption, supporting developers, supporting research/legislation, etc, etc. They are all directly involved in promoting bitcoin rather than just using bitcoin as the currency for some other project.
Eventually, once bitcoin does catch on as the world's currency, then donations will be for similar things that people donate to now, just that the currency will be denominated in BTC rather than fiat.
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