I understand your reasoning, but (assuming this is true, and the person indeed owns such amount) it is the person's bitcoins to do with them as pleases, no?
Major corporations, pop culture and human nature all vying to get an individual to spend recklessly and in gratuitous ways, but let's not allow any force of good to use similar tactics.
We can't suggest to someone how to spend their money despite every facet of society doing exactly that.
Shouldn't that person start by provisioning for their taxes? The tax liability of such a position is probably around 6 to 8 millions depending on the country the person lives in.
From what I know, in the US, you're responsible for tax when using cryptocurrency as an actual currency for transactions. But I don't think you have to do anything if you're just giving it away.
I co-founded a 501c3 non-profit foundation that works with chronically malnourished children, single and pregnant women, and the elderly in nutrition, education, and women's empowerment projects in rural Guatemala. It's called the
Konojel Community Center http://www.konojel.org, a project of the All Together Foundation.
We've received a bit of support through Bitcoin and would love to receive more funding for our projects, including covering the costs of a free community internet center that gives students access to the internet and printing services for no cost.
My recommendation - https://supporters.eff.org/donate - they seem to be the only organization fighting to keep the internet open and accessible allowing technologies and services like bitcoin to exist and grow.
If this is even real... I admire the generosity, but giving money away on Reddit is a terrible idea. It's really hard to give money away effectively, which is why folks like Bill Gates have now made it their full-time job.
It seems like overkill to write software for that but I've killed these ones manually. Feel free to flag them as well.
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I'm really, really amused by all of the people posting their wallet address in the Hacker News comments. How do you not understand that the submission links to a Reddit thread, and that that's where you're supposed to be posting your address?
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We've received a bit of support through Bitcoin and would love to receive more funding for our projects, including covering the costs of a free community internet center that gives students access to the internet and printing services for no cost.
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My recommendation - https://supporters.eff.org/donate - they seem to be the only organization fighting to keep the internet open and accessible allowing technologies and services like bitcoin to exist and grow.
Do the thing you fear -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We don’t make movies to make money; we make money to make more movies. -- Walt Disney
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There is a certain element of... shenaniganery going on here, perhaps.
Giving away "money"? Users claiming "good and charitable works"? Neither side with real "evidence" or "proof"...
So everyone must simply be taken at their word.
Merci! :-)
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Having said that, I think the OP's message inbox would have exploded by now.
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