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Title: Now you can donate bitcoins to a catalan revolutionary cooperative
Post by: enric on December 13, 2013, 10:43:03 PM
Some days ago, the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC)* has became one of the first
social organizations of the iberian peninsula in accepting cryptocurrencies: bitcoin, litecoin and freicoin.

You can access at this link:  https://cooperativa.cat/en/donations/

This is only our first step in our accepting process for Bitcoin and other cryptos. We are planning
to open a marketplace at the beginnings of next year in order to lets our 1700 members to sell goods and services with differents currencies.

CIC promote firstly the social currencies https://cooperativa.cat/en/economic-system/social-currency-2/
and will continue doing it but see the cryptocurrencies as a good tool to leave fiat money and the traditional banking system.

* An Integral Cooperative is a tool to create a grassroots counterpower departing  from self-management, self-organization and direct democracy, and one that would help overcome the actual state of dependency on the structures of the system, towards a scenario of liberty full awareness, free of authority, and in which everyone could flourish under equal conditions and opportunities.

More info: http://www.cooperativa.cat/en


Title: Re: Now you can donate bitcoins to a catalan revolutionary cooperative
Post by: Sindelar1938 on December 14, 2013, 12:29:32 PM
Good luck man, sounds like a great initiative
Visited Barcelona a few months ago, wonderful city


Title: Re: Now you can donate bitcoins to a catalan revolutionary cooperative
Post by: coin.cat on December 16, 2013, 09:40:02 AM
I did the first donation in bitcoins. Thanks for hosting the first "Barcelona Bitcoin Community" meetup and congratulations for the initiative of starting accepting bitcoins :)


Title: Re: Now you can donate bitcoins to a catalan revolutionary cooperative
Post by: uranian on January 22, 2014, 11:39:02 PM
Given Catalonia's revolutionary history, I would love to read more about the CIC. I read that Spain's third largest trade union is an anarchist organisation. I've read a bit around what's currently going on in Spain and it looks to be at the forefront of political change in the EU, with stuff like Can Masdeu and Calafou. I've been putting off for a year now the idea of moving to Spain to get involved in some of this stuff, mostly because as a non-Spanish speaker with no particular tie to Spain, I'm slightly daunted by the idea. Anyway, an English version of the CIC site would be a good idea, as you'd find a wider readership.


Title: Re: Now you can donate bitcoins to a catalan revolutionary cooperative
Post by: coin.cat on January 23, 2014, 07:30:49 AM
Anyway, an English version of the CIC site would be a good idea, as you'd find a wider readership.

English version of the CIC site:
http://cooperativa.cat/en/


Title: Re: Now you can donate bitcoins to a catalan revolutionary cooperative
Post by: Bitcoin Cat on May 27, 2014, 06:24:58 AM
Awesome, I cant think of anything better to spend my time doing  ;D


Title: Re: Now you can donate bitcoins to a catalan revolutionary cooperative
Post by: bryant.coleman on May 27, 2014, 12:19:31 PM
Either the Spanish government should end the oppression towards the non-Spanish minorities in Spain (such as the Catalans, Basques, Galicians.etc) or it should allow them to secede. I wholeheartedly support the CIC.


Title: Re: Now you can donate bitcoins to a catalan revolutionary cooperative
Post by: DVFree on May 29, 2014, 04:23:56 AM
I'm really looking forward to the day that ground-root political movements learn about cryptos and their abilities. I'd dare say that a lot of secessions that will take place in the 21st century (and there will be a lot) will be using one.