If you have not followed the story, It seems like something snapped in Canadians and manifested in the freedom convoy. A demonstration by local truckers began last weekend in Ottawa. The protest is against vaccine mandates which have become a rallying cry around with country and protests are now starting to spread to different cities like Toronto and Quebec City.
Unlike countries like mine where protests are an everyday thing and can turn violent at any second, this one has been remarkably mild, yet still received a lot of hate. Protests have been labeled unlawful and unruly and institutions have been encouraged to distance themselves from their truckers and supporters of them.
The GoFundMe scandal
Many people around the world have sided with the movement and used GoFundMe, to raise funds for the movement to keep going. A massive 10 million Canadian dollars/ US $7.8 million, which just shows you how much support this movement is getting. However, the online crowdfunding site which is a centralized entity has only turned over about 1 million dollars of that.
They've also claimed they will not be releasing the rest of the funds which has encouraged people to find alternatives, and in steps bitcoin.
There is now a Bitcoin funding program run on Tallycoin that has already raised close to 9 BTC, their original goal of 6 BTC has long been smashed but people continue to donate to the cause.
How to donate
- Click the link here
- Select the amount you want to donate
- Select if you want to use Bitcoin on-chain or Lightning network
- Add a memo message (optional)
- Get a receive address and pay it
I used the lightning network so it paid instantly, and cost me no fees.
Donate using HIVE
If you want to donate directly from hive you can use the @v4v app instead supported by @brianoflondon
So when you generate the lightning invoice following the instructions above, simply open this link
And paste the invoice and pay with your HIVE it will automatically be converted to Bitcoin on the lightning network and donate to the fund.
Bitcoin showing it's worth
This is what bitcoin was made for, uncensored money can fund ideas and movements that governments want to suppress. Now that people have resources that cannot be stopped or debased, you can see more movements like this getting funding.
What do you think of the protests? Are you for or against the movement? Have you donated?
Have your say
What do you good people of HIVE think?
So have at it my Jessies! If you don't have something to comment, "I am a Jessie."
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