Give BitCoins to the Salvation Army?

scrybe

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Quote from: Stephen Gornick link=topic=128882.msg1374529#msg1374529

I carry around some unfunded paper bitcoins in my wallet and saw the bell ringer and was "this close" to pulling one out, funding it and dropping it in the bucket. I didn't have a pen to write instruction on how to redeem it so I passed on the opportunity. I don't know what they'ld do with it -- maybe they'ld claim it. I'ld write that it expires in 30 days and then check. If they didn't claim it by then I'ld redeem it and give it to someone else.

Name any other form of money you have that level of flexibility with?

Hmmm, I hadn't though of doing a time limited offer like that. Nice idea.

Mushroomized

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Hello!

Maybe Cas-a-claus will drop some cas coins in a bucket Wink

strspeed

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I think it might work to gather some more mainstream publicity for bitcoins. Id do it if I had the opportunity to.

Stephen Gornick

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Quote from: scrybe on December 03, 2012, 01:17:39 AM

I saw this and got to thinking:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/rare-gold-coin-dropped-in_n_2205731.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news

Maybe like those giving rare coins we can share our own tokens of value with those in need.

I carry around some unfunded paper bitcoins in my wallet and saw the bell ringer and was "this close" to pulling one out, funding it and dropping it in the bucket. I didn't have a pen to write instruction on how to redeem it so I passed on the opportunity. I don't know what they'ld do with it -- maybe they'ld claim it. I'ld write that it expires in 30 days and then check. If they didn't claim it by then I'ld redeem it and give it to someone else.

Name any other form of money you have that level of flexibility with?

scrybe

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I saw this and got to thinking:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/rare-gold-coin-dropped-in_n_2205731.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news

Maybe like those giving rare coins we can share our own tokens of value with those in need.

I've done some consulting work for SA in the past, and this time of year even the IT folks were getting out to help. In case you did not know, they ARE a Christian church as well as an outreach organization, but they offer their services pretty broadly. If you feel like supporting their cause with a gift of BitCoins in a kettle, I'm sure they will figure out what to do with them, at least to convert them.

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