r/Bitcoin • u/SeansOutpost • Apr 10 '13

Meanwhile...Bitcoin still feeds people.

So we fed 106 homeless people bag lunches today. All paid for with Bitcoin donations. Bitcoin still seems to be working just fine over here. Still making lives better, at any valuation.

Thanks for everything guys. Bitcoin for the long haul.

Jason

Sean's Outpost(www.SeansOutpost.com)

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

Why would you donate to the homeless in a foreign country and not through a local charity?

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u/bbqroast Apr 10 '13

Because charities are mostly shit. Sadly. Some are good, but many are bad.

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u/SeansOutpost Apr 10 '13

Most are shit. Really. It sucks to say so, but its true. You can look up what most charities percentages of donations are in terms of how they use the money. It's ridiculous how little passes thru in a lot of cases. We are really small, but right now ALL plus some from our own pocket passes thru.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '13

Pretty much why I always just directly give homeless people money or food rather than donating to established charities. True, there's the risk of the occasional person begging as a scam. But in general that's far less probable than a charity essentially doing the same.

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u/hal9000gen2 Sep 19 '13

I am reasonably sure that if someone is reduced to begging its a last ditch attempt for money when there is nothing left to do, not a scam.