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This could be the shittiest idea but since it's making me crazy, so I thought to share. May be together we can find a very good idea that will support the cause. Pleas PM me, telegram me (@Royse777) or post in here and let's find something to help the community members in this pandemic crisis.

Cause: Support forum member(s) who is in need.

How: Fundraise by sponsoring or joining a poker event or any other event that can be hosted online by the forum members.

Abstract: From over last six months I am living in a foreign country which can be called third world county as Westerners and Europeans like to call it. I have an established business here. I was too late to fly back to the place I live but now I can not until they open the air service. Not a big deal because I am safe here. I have enough food, money and connections to support myself for long time. Guess I am lucky. But I am having such hurting/unfair social experience in here that I could not help myself but to do my best from my position to support these people. If ever I run out of supply then I will seek help from others but for the time being, I am doing well in here, in real life¹.

One thing I noticed, this middle class people who do not have enough savings, never lived in the poverty level or below poverty level, never needed to ask for money because they had/have a decent job but now some of them are in such position that they do not have a job, did not get salary for last two months, their employer is not telling them about the future of their current job and all shit. These people are in deep trouble but these same group of people are too shy to ask financial help from others too. They will not eat for two days but is not going to ask money from you. I discovered it in person.

Case study: Friend of my employee did not get his salary for last two months, and the company is shutting down. The guy do not have any savings, lives in a rented house with his young family, no support from the government, too shy to ask help from others, can not get a job at this situation and all this shit. When I wanted to help him he said he is okay but I knew that he is not. I insisted and then he took the money. I had information that he did not have any food in his house for last few days. Later I found out he spent all the money that I gave him to buy food for his family.

There are thousands of people around us like him. These people will just tell you that they are okay, but they are not. I think these middle class people are suffering the most.

The point: In this forum we are not different too. I believe there are a lot of veteran users, fairly established users, fairly reputed users who are too shy to ask for financial help to random users in the forum or even they know (only forum connection) someone in here.

To help them, can we host a daily or weekly or on demand event (say poker), find sponsor or from the entry fee - raise the fund? A big amount of the pool/raised fund will go to the person in need.

How it works: Say forum member X is in need of some financial support. They will just seek for help in this topic and the desired amount they need. We then host a poker event, find some sponsor for the event, there will be an entry fee to join the event too. Whatever money we will raise from the event 80% will go to that X user and 20% will go to one winner or three/four winners.

Requirements for member X to apply: If we allow this for everyone then for sure this topic will be taken over by the scammers/spammers (although I am making it self-moderated) and these sorts of newbie users who will try to misuse the idea to get some money for them from here. So, here are some thoughts from me that will need to have in a member before applying for the financial support:

1. Full Member or above with good forum activities
2. Positive vouch from at least two other forum members who are at-least Sr. Member and above with very good forum reputation.

How to apply:
1. Write current date and time, bitcointalk username and COVID-19 on a piece of paper.
2. Just tell us how much you need in this topic and if possible then give us a picture of your current situation (optional)
3. Invite the users who will vouch for you and ask them to make a post with their vouch.

Also, before applying please note:
This project has designed for Bitcointalk members in need (or describe your case - maybe you are a trusted or somehow established member and you need supply for your locals, we will help you with fund). We are sorry that unfortunately we can not assist all (like newbie is coming up with a brand-new account or a brand-new/Jr/member or even any ranked account created long ago but no history, no contribution for the forum). If you do not feel that you are not meeting our requirements then please refer to one of your local help organizations.

In case you need fund for local supply and you need us to help then we will prefer you to spend upfront and then:
1. Provide us pictures of the items you bought, have your bitcointalk username + current date and time + COVID-19 on a piece of paper clearly visible.
2. Receipt of the items you bought with your bitcointalk username + current date and time + COVID-19 written on it.


The fundraising: Once we have a donation application then we can host an event and invite the forum users to join and will also ask some sponsors to help us to fundraise for the applicant.

Conclusion: I want to help the community, I am sure you too but for the lack of initiative may be the person next to us is missing some support that could save his family in this pandemic crisis. I tried to layout my idea in here. Let's talk, let's find a better idea or let's just support this idea and form a team. Let's help the community members who are in need. Only 1 mBTC from 10 users makes 0.01 BTC which could be the money to save someone in need. Let's be generous. When we do pay it forward it eventually comes back to us in the same manner or in different manners. Let's help the Bitcoin community we all love.

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¹ Even though I am okay by myself to look after some people around me in some small scale but still if anyone wants to help a (some) family for a month then feel free to donate to the below address (I will ensure some proofs to be posted each time I use these donations):

Use Electrum to verify.

(From my estimation in here $50 to $60 per family is sometimes more than enough for a family for their one month's food and other basic needs.)