THELOGICALINDIAN - Five projects active Bitcoin Lightning acceptance accept already accustomed their Bitcoin For Communities endowments and bristles added will do so in the afterward canicule An bearding donor and Galoy are authoritative the Holidays calculation To 21M sats which is about 1K That donation is aloof the alpha admitting The Bitcoin For Communities affairs shares advice about the called projects and asks bitcoiners for added abutment The ability of the Lightning Network is at abounding affectation here
According to Galoy, the Bitcoin For Communities affairs aims to “celebrate the advance fabricated globally appear Bitcoin and Lightning acceptance in 2024.” That introduces the user accord allocation of the endeavor. “Check in circadian for a fun catechism that recaps achievements from the accomplished year. Answer it and bead your Lightning Address in the comments for a adventitious to accept FREE sats.”
For background, you should apperceive that Galoy was one of Bitcoin Beach’s aboriginal allies. The aggregation developed the Bitcoin Beach Wallet that Bitcoinist featured here, and the Bitcoin Italia podcast apparent here. This doesn’t beggarly that the bearding donor is the aforementioned one that gave the berry money that started Bitcoin Beach. But, is it the aforementioned donor, though? It doesn’t accept to be, but it might.
Anyway, let’s get to the called projects so far.
Bitcoin For Communities, Day One: Bitcoin Ekasi in South Africa
The aboriginal 2.1 actor sats went to “Bitcoin Ekasi for architecture a annular Bitcoin abridgement in Mossel Bay, South Africa.” The activity “is teaching association and merchants in the townships alfresco Mossel Bay how – and why – to use Bitcoin as money.” Bitcoin for communities indeed.
Notice that the Galoy aggregation alike hosted a Twitter Spaces babble to highlight the project. After the event, the Bitcoin Ekasi aggregation tweeted. “Huge shoutout to Galoy and Adopting Bitcoin for hosting an alarming spaces babble yesterday, air-conditioned cool to affix with the added Bitcoin community!! Beyond ashamed by the support.”
To accomplish things alike better, the aboriginal project, Bitcoin Beach, abutting the Bitcoin For Communities party. They promised to bout Galoy’s donations to anniversary one of the called projects.
A bit added advice about Bitcoin Ekasi, “the activity is managed by The Surfer Kids, a bounded non-profit allotment marginalized youths.” They pay their advisers in sats and are attractive to onboard all of these bounded businesses to acquire Bitcoin as payment.
Bitcoin For Communities, Day Two: Kiveclair in Congo
The additional activity called by Bitcoin For Communities is additionally in Africa. Kiveclair “initially launched as a Bitcoin fundraiser to abutment victims of the Nyiragongo abundance eruption. Now, the activity is application Bitcoin and Lightning to accompany banking admittance to Goma.”
To advise us about Kiveclair, the Bitcoin For Communities aggregation links to a Tech Crunch article that says:
The Kiveclair aggregation expressed its acknowledgment via Twitter. “We are actual blessed to accept abutment from Galoy and Bitcoin Beach. To barrage Kiveclair, we were aggressive by the aberrant assignment you do at El-Zonte. Having your absorption is the best Christmas gift.”
Bitcoin For Communities, Day Three: New Story In El Zonte
This time Bitcoin For Communities goes aback to the abode that started it all, El Zonte in El Salvador. With the byword “Everyone deserves a safe abode to alarm home,” New Story’s mission is to ”pioneer solutions to end all-around homelessness.”
Speaking about Bitcoin specifically, New Story is “building a 200 home association in El Zonte and partnering with Galoy to accredit Bitcoin mortgage payments via the Bitcoin Beach Wallet.” With this project, they achievement to “make homeownership attainable to families in El Zonte.”
Conclusion And Call To Action
Here at Bitcoinist, we animate you all to accompany the Bitcoin For Communities attack and abutment these aces projects. They are all accomplishing God’s work. Also, accumulate clue of Galoy’s Twitter page for a circadian adventitious to acquire some sats. Last but not least, accompany us tomorrow to acquisition out about the abutting three Bitcoin For Communities called projects. They’re phenomenal, we promise.
