Quote from: johncabat on March 16, 2014, 05:04:22 PM

Quote from: Pangia on March 16, 2014, 01:33:49 PM

Please don't remove this to Meta or Alt-currency. This is not just about Dogecoin, but about CryptoCurrency in general. This story demonstrates the sustainability and functionality of Cryptocurrency. It demonstrates a perfect example to the Bitcoin haters why cryptocurrency is the future of payments.

Yesterday someone sent approximately $14,000 via Twitter to Doges4Water, a fundraiser to build 2 wells in drought stricken Kenya. That transfer cost the sender about $0.01 and occurred almost instantaneously because it was done with cryptocurrency.

I'm sure of a bunch of crypto coin will be really useful to the poor thirsty people of Kenya. Can they pop to the shops to buy bottled water in doge? Or pay for well construction workers? Or filtration systems? What will the REAL cost of that transfer be after exchange fees, SEPA fees and currency conversion?

The coins will be converted to fiat and will pay to construct 2 wells in Kenya.

I think that your disdain for Dogecoin will prevent you from visiting the page below, but I placed it there in the event you'd actually like to find out the facts about the fundraiser.

http://doge4water.org/