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The original was posted on /r/monero by /u/csaszi01 on 2024-05-15 15:18:47+00:00.

Hello guys!

My idea is that we could donate Monero to charity at least once a month or few times a year, depends on the budget ofc.

In practice, this would look like once a month I would transfer the Monero amount into my account, deposit the amount and use 100% of the after tax amount for donations (shelters, people in care, important expensive surgery, children’s home, etc… ). If there is a possibility to pay with Monero (dog food or send Monero directly to the orgs), of course we will priotize it, because we can give more value without FIAT money (because of tax).

Who decides where to transfer money? The community. Before each donation, we would do a week-long poll to see who we want to donate to. Everyone’s vote will be worth the same regardless of the money sent in.

That’s all well and good so far, but there is a big problem, trust.(At least for me it would be, with projects like this) Because of the privacy network, no one can see for themselves how much money has been raised and how much has actually gone to the cause for which they sent the money. I would be happy if there was a solution (maybe you know a solution), but if there is no solution, trust is the only thing left.

Once we have sent the money to the place where we voted or used the money collected to buy the donation we need. I would of course photograph and document the successful handover for you and anyone who wants can flex it on social media to show what a great community we are.

The project will not have a special name, everything will be donated under the name of Monero community, because the goal is to slow down the witch hunt against privacy networks and people who think that only criminals use Monero and other privacy networks or just crypto, should read positive news about us.

So in short:

Do you think there is a place for such a project?

Is there a way for the community to check its cash flow?

What kind of community spaces should we use to manage this together and also keep our privacy? (Signal?Telegram?X?Discord? All of them or something else?)

I posted this idea with fear because I don’t want you to think I am a scammer and ban me.

Thank you for your clever ideas and opinions.

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