Quote from: MickLikeJagger on October 03, 2018, 12:21:37 PM

Graveside
Preserving Music History Since 1993
 The first distributed, autonomous charity  dedicated to preserving historical monuments  on the blockchain.

We propose a DAO charity called GRAVESIDE, the first distributed autonomous organization whose mission is the preservation of music history. The mission is accomplished through the care, restoration and preservation of musicians' grave sites and tomb stones throughout North America, and one day the world.

While many famous musicians' burial sites are well cared for (Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley and Hank Williams for example have endowments), many other influential yet lesser known artists graves are destroyed by vandalism, carelessness or time and the elements. While Graveside is starting from our original mission to preserve the sites of musicians, we hope to expand in the future to include other sites (athletes, historical figures, politicians) and hope to eventually include a fund for burial assistance for anyone in need.

Graveside started as a community service in 1993, inspired by the words of bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson whose stone reads "Lord it's one kind favor I ask of you/please see that my grave is kept clean". Graveside was briefly established as a non-profit in 2011, but abandoned as a public charity due to cost and logistics. Graveside proposes a new model, one where fans, historical societies, colleges or virtually anyone can nominate a site for assistance, donate even small amounts, and know those funds are going directly to the care and upkeep of the site they choose.

Utilizing distributed ledger technology and a tokenized donation and distribution model, funds will go directly from donors to the cemeteries, churches and mausoleums that participate in the program. This structure creates a more efficient non-profit organization, one without the overhead of administrators, lawyers and boards of directors--one not subject to fraud or mismanagement. Through a self-governance model and a maintenance fund, the organization will function far into the future.

Watch for the official whitepaper to be unveiled Halloween 2018.

To see a presentation on Graveside (in PDF format) visit here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VX21UxlhSjrI6W-OjjBlcXTLQ9LNRHoA/view?usp=sharing

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