Imagine being able to help people all around the world with zaps.
No currency exchange, no government restrictions, no barriers.
Just helping people in need instantly.
Donations that are actually directly sent to who needs it.
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that feels like a super power already 💜
Powerful ✊
remittances are a 2 trillion business with horriffic commissions of 5 % or more, taking days to settle
We used to organize asados for poor people in Argentina, with some anon Twitter users. Of course they got shut down so many times from the left. They even canceled some mercadopago accounts. How crazy can these people be that wants to prevent doing something good like giving some meat to poor starving children. I have no Idea how that movement went along after I got bird banned
So disgusting. Have you guys tried to start organizing on nostr yet?
I lost all my contacts on Twitter and took a long break from social networks. They would not even recognize me here because I am using my real identity.
But in order for us to organize the first one, we had to teach by phone landline how to use mercadopago to some people who never touched a computer. For explaining zats, LN, BTC, and how to convert that into pesos...that's going to be fucking hard. Unless some president in the future declares bitcoin as legal tender in this country, which won't happen ever because the government feeds on everyone like a big parasite with the FIAT infection in all of our lives. I don't see how they would ever make it easier for the people to become financially free and use btc and ln without so many barriers.
You make great points. The path to freedom is a hard one. What I posted may only be a pipe dream, but I’m hoping there are ways we can make it real for everyone. There’s so many people that deserve direct help, charities are so corrupt and it barely ever gets in the hands of the people who need it.
This relates to a thought I have from a long time. NGOs should be banned. Only service oriented companies. What is your service? We plant trees. We feed x amount of poor children. Furthermore, we should be able to hire companies to do good stuff in the world around us.
All the special treatment NGOs receive "because they are doing good" is all bullshit. Companies can do good as well. It all comes from communist thinking: "capitalism and companies are bad, so we need NGOs". No we don't. Fuck NGOs.
zappiness at it’s best 💜🤙🏼
If y’all are interested in that sort of thing you should check out DonorSee.
Similar idea in mind, give people the ability to see the need and more immediately render the resources.
No plans to integrate w NOSTR/BTC yet as far as I’m aware, but at the least an interesting project to learn from.
The creator just recently passed but he wrote a book about the story behind it called “If the Poor Were Next Door”
donations are instant, so is love 💕
Please report all cross border payments to your local government overlords. Build back better
Blindly believing tools can fix humanity as a sort of magic wand is childish.
Back to your dream I can remember you nobody prevents to donate with cash to the most trusted person in need you know nearby. Direct transaction, immediate possibility to assess results.
The more layers the more opaque and ultimately uncontrollable the process. Helping becomes just another way to tap and forget.
PURA VIDA
This might only be a dream far from what can be done
With the amount of corrupt charities, the money seems to never get to the actual people who need it
Bitcoin can be a way to directly send help to the people who need it
It may seem impossible, but zaps have given me hope that it can be possible one day. #[0]
I love this note
Would probably expose corrupt charities too, if they ever did transact on-chain you would be able to see the money trail
Yes! I’m so tired of charities who never have clear proof of where the money donated ends up.
Not all charities are corrupt either, but it would be amazing to see a new way to help people directly.
Many should opt in a public ledger to fix this. Course not all are corrupt but I wanna verify not trust that they are helping build towards the solution too
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I think Zaps can definitely help and a little amount from heaps of people adds up and makes a difference
I really appreciate any help 🙏