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RE: found the @_actionhunger (twitter) vending machine for the homeless in nottingham today.
Wow, I really like the idea of an automated Steemit charity. You send STEEM/SBD to an address, it gets converted to Fiat via Blocktrades/Coinbase/Changelly automatically, and then a donation is automatically issued. Everything transparent, with a public website to show transactions and receipts! I'll have to think a little about how it will work, but it seems like an amazing and incredibly impactful idea!
RIGHT?! - i mean it ticks so many boxes for me from things like fareshare (we have a food charity locally) to the way it get's loaded to the items that people pick up, storytelling as bloggers, how they went from street to local advocates to having a place to live, etc etc. . i'm going to build on this...
There are a handful of charities that take BTC as donations already. It would be very easy to have a Blocktrades address set up for each of them and monitor who sends what, though with Bitcoin fees being as high as they are I'm not crazy about that idea.
Although... Tax Season is coming around. If you could automate the tax deduction paperwork before the 2017 US Tax Deadline you might have something...
oh i like that idea. i mean tbh, this idea will roll out anyway, i see them taking surplus foods from places, putting in the machine, finding sponsors etc... i see that only as a sticking plaster effect thou, what we really need is to mobilize the homeless people to not be homeless and get back into everyday visualbility, give them a reason to be part of society again.