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Going to be introducing the new lead dev that has been working behind the scenes, did wallet version 1.1.0.

Pls welcome one of the highest rated devs on Freelancer as our new Lead Dev, Iyad Elkfarna

www.freelancer.com/u/ielkfarna.html
www.linkedin.com/pub/iyad-elkfarna/39/796/9a4

Welcome Iyad Elkfarna ! Can't wait to see some great upcoming stuff from him Wink

Wait a sec... He is in Gaza?

Community Alert!

Yes and he needs the Sync community's help to get his family out. Pls donate, pls retweet and share.

https://twitter.com/smokin35/status/504297109135585280

We need 15btc to get him out, Im starting it by donating 2btc. Dig deep today, help make a difference in someone's life.

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Altcoin Today

http://www.altcointoday.com/breaking-news-lead-dev-of-sync-coin-cries-out-for-help-from-gazas-war-zone/

And now on Coindesk

http://www.coindesk.com/sync-community-raising-15-btc-help-lead-developer-evacuate-gaza/

Come on Sync'ers, this is a moment to shine, make a real difference. Even if you can't donate, at least help spread the word.

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Thanks a ton to everyone who has already donated.

Community has donated a whopping 1.5btc so far. Believe me, it will benefit all Sync owners as he currently cannot communicate or work for large chunks of the day because of power outages, attacks.

I donated 2btc myself which is more than entire community so far. Dont make us look bad, dont miss the opp to help a family in need directly - with 100% of proceeds going to the family.

Dig deep or spread the word, anything and everything helps.

How can he convert BTC to fiat to escaoe Gaza? What's he using the money for?

Money is being used to get out, pure and simple. Takes money.

We may have to convert and send it to him if he cannot. He's been in crypto a long time so I suspect he can somehow. And isnt that the point? The unbanked?

Sure, but if the money is being spent on bribes to get favors, how do we know the money to save one family isn't going towards killing another? Some sort of accountability or at least a plan on how the money is being used would be great. If that's not possible, then you can't expect people to be super eager to hand money over to a faceless entity newly introduced to the community, whom we do not know particularly well. Also, the way the address is being handled just seems sketchy. It wasn't a fresh address, and every single deposit going in was immediately being funneled out to new addresses, never consolidated. So if it's not converted or sent to him yet, as implied by your message - what's up with all the shuffling around of money? Why not a fresh address so people can see the total accumulate? If it hasn't been moved to him yet - why has it been moved at all?

Just some very odd handling of this whole situation, and the tone of pressuring people into donations, etc. I understand it's a touchy situation if it's legit, but you have to consider that not everyone is comfortable with how it's being presented/handled and what some of the behavior looks like from the outside. A bit more tact would go a long way for ALL parties involved.

"How is the money going to be spent?" is a perfectly legitimate question and should've been answered as part of the donation campaign before anyone has to even ask - you know, like actual charitable organizations/campaigns. They don't get a chip on their shoulder when requests are made for a little information about who/how your money is helping. There was a specific total chosen as a target, so someone has at least a rough draft expense list in mind. Nobody expects an itemized ledger, but the complete lack of forthcoming information even generally about how money will be used is... off-putting.

Apologies, we are new to this 'fundraising' aspect we only know that time is of the essence.

Your query is valid so I'll do the best I can to clarify. According to Iyad, funds would be used as follows:

1. Purchase new passports for family
2. Move family to Egypt
3. Rent for new place
4. Equipment so he can work

We're at 10.26btc now, hoping we can one final push. Pls donate if you haven't or spread the word if you can't.

May not have handled it as best we could but that doesnt mean we cant finish strong, make a real difference.