“Today you gave enough BTC – totally anonymously – to provide clean, safe water and sanitation facilities to an entire school AND for the monitoring and repair funds to keep it working for years to come,” says a message of appreciation posted on r/bitcoin Reddit page by a user bitcoinh20 on behalf of The Water Project. The writer refers to the $23,000 worth of bitcoin that was received by the organization to support its cause, stressing that the Bitcoin community has funded more than five projects (some anonymous, some not) over the past couple years. The post adds: “So… we don’t know who you are, but we’re grateful. And so, just in case you hang out here, we want to say thanks! We’re grateful for every single gift we receive no matter the size! Every BTC provides clean water.” Launched in 2015 as a new initiative that aims to provide reliable water, The Water Promise wants a broken pump or dried tank fixed regardless of whether a community is resigned to the latest failure. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing reliable water projects to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitation. It operates on the basis that a lack of access to safe water and proper sanitation limits education and food production which, in turn, harms health and leads to a cycle of poverty . The Project combines high-tech remote monitoring with local repair teams to help ensure that safe water is provided and reliably over time. With its static Bitcoin wallet: 14xEPWuHC3ybPMfv8iTZZ29UCLTUSoJ8HL, blockchain.info transaction records show that the Project received the $23,000 bitcoin donation from the same address 18nEo5xKvJYaZsUDJwuCSqQcRFapuySYYw . The deposits were made in two separate payments of 30.00059 BTC and […]
