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I am not sure whether this is the right place to ask this question. Mods please move it to right topics.

Since corona virus has been declared as an medical emergency. why not we as a community donate some of our Bitcoins to help those suffering.

I need some good individuals who can help me to help those needy.

What I plan is very simple:

1 we collect Bitcoin.
2 we should know someone who can convert Bitcoin tol local fiat.
3 we then ask them to transfer that money to the needy or send foods and other necessary items to them.


If you think you can help me in this cause then do DM me.

Let's do it.

What do you think?

Please do not reply for the sake of signature campaign. I am serious and want to help those who need help.

The outbreak isn't happening is some poor African country, Chinese hospitals can take care of their patients, there's no need to make any donations. It also won't be very helpful from a PR point of view, the media doesn't care when Bitcoiners donate money to anything, they still call it a tool for criminals.

Also, OP, you're walking on thin ice here - you may be tagged as a scammer for publicly soliciting donations without having established reputation and showing proofs that you are in fact ready to deliver the funds to its destination.

I have the same thing in mind. China most likely doesn't need extra funds. What's more needed is more stock of N95 respirator masks in poorer countries that are somewhat affected by nCoV like the Philippines. Stocks are running really really low(not necessarily funds as these are somewhat decently affordable) and pharmacy stores are even out of normal surgical masks due to people hoarding them both for personal/family use and for re-sale value. If someone could somewhat organize a donation of boxes of n95 masks then sure, but obviously this would be quite difficult.

Well, all of these are pretty good ideas if you have the credibility to hold the fund. Sorry not to offend you but of course, we need to have a trusted person who handling the fund. Or we can communicate any trusted organizations like charity to collect the fund and help Chinese people out there who were infected on the nCov. But I really impressed with what CEO Binance did. They have pledged to help victims of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance pledged to donate 10 million Chinese yuan ($1.44 million) to the effort.[source (https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-and-blockchain-firms-pitch-in-to-help-coronavirus-victims)]. Indeed, we can coordinate them (Binance Charity Foundation) to send the fund and they were directly sending help to the Chinese government.

I think this isn't possible. China can definitely provide for its people considering they were able to build a hospital to treat patients affected by nCov. Based on what I am seeing online since yesterday, so far there are people now that are healed. Those who died are those with existing conditions.

I am also thinking same thought, so we can make a community with bitcointalk users and they can donate the some % of amount from their earnings if they are interested it will be helpful who really needs help. But we have to find the genuine person here to handle the situation without misuse the donations funds.

You are correct here. This shortage is not just affecting the public, but also affecting medical staff and healthcare workers who are trying to care for infected. Not just respirators, but all personal protective equipment including surgical gowns, gloves, goggles, face shields, and so on.

If you want to help provide these things then probably the best charity to donate to would be Direct Relief. You can see their coronavirus page here saying exactly this: https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/

And yes, you can donate bitcoin: https://www.directrelief.org/get-involved/bitcoin/

I agree that donations are not necessary, especialy not for medical treatments. Maybe for researching and finding future solution against it but like  you mentioned it's not that some third country is involved that can't afford it. However, I'm also sceptic when it comes to crypto donations, too many scams are involved.

You are absolutely right, Chinese doesn't need any donations from anywhere but yet Binance and some other big crypto projects are giving millions dollars donation for the Coronavirus! There are many countries in the Africa region that are facing a hard time because of the lack of food and money. So, we should give them if we actually collect money for the donations, not to the Chinese government?

I know this forum members are really trying when it comes to raising donations to assist people, I've seen similar threads. But we shouldn't let this divert our attention because China has enough funds to tackle this. We may not even get any recognition because the funds that will be donated here can't be up to the millions of dollars other big crypto projects have donated.
Best thing is to chose a reputable member of this forum that lives there and use the donation to get safety items especially the N95 masks.

Thats true. I agree with most of the members' opinions above that China does not really need this help, the article is that the Chinese government is strong enough for financial problems, and it is better if the assistance is diverted to other countries that are more in need and also have similar problems, such as hunger, poverty, water crisis, etc.
Because this is an emergency problem, I think it would be more effective if fundraising was in fiat, this is for faster effectiveness and functionality.

I agree that this can be done by China, they also received a lot of help now. Other countries are sending health workers in China like Japan. I know that you want to help but you see, they can take care of it now, patients are being discharged now that means it is just a short time before this outbreak ends. I guess Africa or other poor countries with a lot of poor people would need that, you can just coordinate with a known group for helping you.

Coronavirus needs to be addressed to its root and that is a group of people manipulating the masses creating viruses every other year or so, in order to profit from their vaccines, viruses that they create and spread themselves. The coronavirus was created by humans to control humans, to profit from them, to cause panic and fear!

There are some videos about people telling why virus creation exists and what are their purposes (profit and control of the masses) bad guys playing with the creation of viruses.  Take a look at Youtube or other sources to discover more about this big business, by an ugly greedy small group of people that do not love humans!

Yes. China has been receiving a lot of assistance already so we should not worry about them. What i think can help is to donate a bigger supply for N95 mask because this is what people are really needing especially for those countries who are mildly affected by corona virus and that it can give more protection for them. People have been in a panic buying of surgical masks which made all stores have run out of stocks already.

China has the most cases, about 99% of the infected people are coming from China, Wuhan region to be specific. Now, I dont think monetary help is necessary, as China may not need it from other people to develop a cure, because they are still capable of funding themselves.
Let their Government do their thing, If they needed it they will publicly let the people around the world know their financial status.

At OP, you might be accused for some hidden agenda behind than helping the infected as your primary purpose. I'm sorry, but it's inevitable for some users here not to think about that way. Else, you can ask reputable members here to do it for you.

Well, if this is the case, what a dark world we are living in. As far as I know an Australian doctor recreated the virus and now I think that boosted the creation of the vaccine and being treated that is why a lot of people are cured. The start of this year is so dark, it might be a sign or just a consecutive coincidences.

We already have the big boys out their donating to this outbreak, for example, Binance, they have donated money already.

https://btcmanager.com/binance-donates-china-coronavirus/?q=/binance-donates-china-coronavirus/&

I am just a small time trader and my way of helping them is to patronize an exchange site that are actively helping, and that's why I keep in trading with Binance as that small way, I am also contributing to their profit so they can donate.

Asking someone to donate millions worth of BTC is a bad idea because we'll never know, if that money will arrive to those who in need and another factor is it would greatly affect the Bitcoin price and the crypto market if we convert those millions worth of Bitcoin to fiat. Why not just ask donations in fiat to donate in organization called WHO, Red cross or Tzu Chi.

The masks aren't really a necessity. It's a nice plus, but you could pretty much be unaffected by the virus if you properly disinfect your hands every time you eat. The mask is much more needed by those that are infected. Those that are healthy don't need to prioritize the mask. What those poor countries need is proper education regarding what to do with regards to the virus tbh. Fake news keeps plaguing the social media making the people more and more ignorant about the proper response day by day.

I don't need to repeat what other people have said right? In terms of vaccine development, other countries have already joined in and Australia already had some results in the past few days.

Sure you could definitely say that. Not sure about you though, but while the people's fear of the corona virus might be overblown, I'd rather be safe than sorry. Using a face mask in public is a very small price to pay for an added layer of protection regardless how effective/ineffective it is.

Agree, that China doesn't need donation but still if we donate money maybe it could speed up the process of killing the virus and preventing it from spreading around the world.
Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma, pledged 14.5 million to fight the coronavirus. Also maybe we could donate to the other countries that need help that is where the virus could potentially spread.

https://i.imgur.com/h0RnONn.png
https://www.businessinsider.com/alibaba-billionaire-jack-ma-pledged-145-million-fight-coronavirus-2020-1

Bitcoin isn't like the other cryptocurrency that ask its user to donate for humanity issue. I think there is some user who have done this thing and not exposed in all social media.

You may know there is an altcoin creator who spread his activity and shared on his social media account that he help and provide funds for those affected by the virus, I don't know that is the right thing or not.

Because here we will face many people and it can became a pros and cons. Some people there will assume that he is promoting his project in order many people there use and buy his coins and the other will be consider that it is a noble activity

We do really are in a stage where the country needs help and we should contribute in order to make our world still a better place. But with the case of Corona virus and bitcoin donations, I think we shouldn't just donate bitcoins to be converted back to fiats, but to buy the necessary masks and medicine that the patients have, plus, we should donate for the research and development of corona antivirus to stop its outbreak and to probably control and save the victims that is infected. As we know, bitcoin is as powerful as fiat because of its value, it is not impossible for us to help others using bitcoin.

I think that its usually catastrophic events like earthquakes in poor countries that generally usually try and raise donations and its usually organizations like Red Cross that accept donations for such events.

This CoronaVirus is different because it didn't really damage any buildings or property. There is really nothing to do but wear a mask until there is a vaccine. And most likely that vaccine will be provided free of charge when available. Also keep in mind that China isn't a poor country. So they can easily deal with this and help their citizens.

Many people today that holds their bitcoin and more coins because of the outbreak happening in our world and many people want to keep this because they think it will affect those market value because of the virus coming from the Wuhan. There is an instance that the people in china that have cryptocurrency there is a chance that they will pull out their money because they need to migrate into another country or hold their money. After all, there is a chance that the price of the coin goes up. To the people who do not affect the virus, we can help them by the use of cryptocurrency into fiat so we can send money to them, and to help buy some of their needs by these we can now prevent the spreading of the virus at the same time we help them.

It seems to me that this is a very good idea. I would even say that this is one of the best ideas that I have heard lately.
I think that in this case, you need to do all this as publicly as possible so that people can see what money they are spending on.

If someone is really serious in helping and donate, then you don't need to ask someone from the community. You can quietly donate some of your BTC stash to hundreds of organizations around the world focusing on the outbreak.

I don't know where the OP is, but other the infection is spreading across the globe. My point is, before helping the Chinese government, why not start in your own backyard if your nation have been affected by the epidemic. There are a lot of wealthy Chinese crypto enthusiast and I'm sure they already donated by this time.

I've already donated some of my Bitcoin to directrelief. I feel like I'm being part of something important as having a Bitcoin donation is helping with the adoption and the whole world. With the increasing Bitcoin donation from the community, I think the other platforms will try to adopt Bitcoin too. Not only we are helping those in need, we will be part of something.

Also to the people above, it's not like all the people are equal. We should consider that a lot of people are those below their financial needs and donating would be a lot of help for those really who in need. It's not like China is the only place that you could donate to, why don't you guys consider the Philippines? Any donation is a lot of help be it money or physical necessities like mask.

thanks for your concern

the problem is not the money ,money is enough

It is the fucking Wuhan government and Wuhan Red Cross

They are corrupt and hinder the rescue

The wuhan's government leaders use a lot of N95 masks which the docters & nurses lack of

crazy ,right?

I am willing to donate some amount to help the victims of the Coronavirus. But I would like to ask a few questions. Why the billionaires such as Mark Zuckerberg and Gina Rinehart refuse to do charity? Why is it always the responsibility of the middle class (who bears the heaviest tax burden) to make charitable contributions? I am not ignoring the contributions made by some of the billionaires such as Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. But the vast majority of them doesn't even spend 0.1% of their annual earnings on charitable causes. On the other hand, I know a lot of middle-class individuals, who regularly spend up to 10% of their annual income on charity.

I don't also think they need funds for food since they can provide it themselves maybe you can donate that to a country which experienced casualties and if you really want to donate through cryptocurrency you can do a fund raising and buy a N95 mask (If i'm not mistaken) and you can donate it to China.

That's if your country has enough mask like that but it's a good thing to think of helping someone using cryptocurrency.

I don't think that will be a good idea, the people who send their money for donation intention will doubt is the money will be send to the victim? Also, I interested to the user above me who stated that china will be able to face this problem because their society is much who become rich man. Such as Jack Ma, CZ binance and the tron creator they will be send their money for donation, and I think that will be enough for the victim. In other hand, the chinese government always responsive to overcome this problem. like they did where they made a refugee camp that only took 48 hours and this was very impressive to me.

A little help will do a lot, so if you can contribute, why not? It is for our greater good that in some point, we can reduce the spreading of the virus around the world. Production of masks and alcohol to disinfect our hands is essential nowadays. If we can donate a certain amount of virus it feels like we helped our country against the corona virus. Masks are essential so don't say that don't prioritize the masks. It will help us to become safe in public during our work and socializing with other people. But it really good that governments have something to do with the safety of the people. I hope that they successfully make a vaccine so that patients can recover quickly and save their lives.

We need a leader who we can trust and in this forum we have a lot of member who can collect the bitcoin for the people who gives bitcoin to buy needs to the people who affected of Corona Virus.  Many people are willing to donate some of their bitcoin because they have a a good heart and also they have a lot of extra money.

It is not mandatory because every individual needs a money for their needs it is voluntarily only.

In this state of crisis nationwide. I think is more best if you can somehow rely on your Government action. This is a national problem but each country has their own ways to show and help those who are indeed needed some help.

People around thr globe are now wearing masks for protection and the most places affected is Wuhan China. The Government of China knows that they can repel this, and regarding funds, I dont think a big fish like them needed extra one as the whole world I think has debt with them due to their growing economy. They can surpass this IMO. No need to use some of your btc in the process.

Do you really think that China needs MONEY(it doesn't matter if it's crypto or fiat),in order to fight the corona virus?The Chinese government has enough resources to fight the virus,donations are not needed.All China needs right now is a working vaccine against the virus.All the pharmaceutical and medical experts in the world  have to unite forces and create that vaccine.They don't need any money.

Why do i need to donate in bitcoin when i can help them using fiat.here in my country there are confirmed case of Corona virus and many is under observation. So i can manage to help them by helping their family is my small little way.

Actually me and my office mates are now planning to make fundraising for the victims and incoming victim's

The fear for Novel Corona Virus is just hysteria and overblown by social media. We do not need to start a donation process but what we need is to start spreading real information. The mortality rate for NCOV is low and if you do not have a compromised immune system, you would likely survive it with proper medical attention. And like an ordinary flu, it is not airborne so N95 mask is not necessary. A surgical mask will help protect you. But to properly protect yourself, you just need to practice proper hygiene, avoid touching your face, wash your hands often, boost your immune system, have enough rest and do not stress yourself (it will lower immune system) over the fear of NCOV.

As you can see from the current stat, the mortality rate is just about 2%.
https://i.imgur.com/szv51FW.png

I think it is a very good step and you might be able to combine the collection of your funds to several institutions so that it can multiply and can be directly channeled to China or if you have channels or friends in China can use the cryptocurrency method as one of the shipments funds that have been collected.

Exactly, I believe some bitcoiners already made donations in some other ways if they wanted to there's no need to open a topic abut it and besides not all countries were affected by the outbreak so not all may not want to donate or what. Anyhow, I think you have good intentions but lets those authorize organization to solicit donations if necessary.

Since every body here is in the opinion that China does not need any help, I think we should then start concentrating on poor countries like Africa. If any one knows how to contribute to the cause either through fiat or crypto please do share it here.

Just like what I've said mate we will be focusing to those victims in our own country because the problem is not only in china but worldwide that even United states of America  is affected.

We will be focusing on our local victims and also their family because they also need help not only those in social media that looking for sympathy but not doing anything to help victim's.

Many will likely help if they can see solid proofs that their donations are used for people in need and not used for something else. Wish there are ways I could track my donations, For example: from when I send my donate> To when it gets to your organization> To Hospital> To doctor> Patients needs.

But if this turns out to be safe I will give the little I have

I strongly agree with you in regard of using the face mask, that's at least adding extra layer of protection, but base on the research on how it is being transmitted from one person to another, is through a tiny droplets of saliva coming from an infected person that sneezes or cough. When this saliva travels through air or touched to any surface and gets a direct contact to another person, then It might cause the other person to be infected by the virus.
But, then again, any necessary steps that makes you comfortable to secure yourself from being infected is all good, and that includes disinfecting yourself everytime and wearing of face mask.

It is a virus so what would you expect. There are lot of ways in order to help and also, the problem starts to spread to different countries. In China, patients are being treated but since it is viral, it also causes panic and if yoj would watch news, there's still a shortage in terms of other medical services. It is possible to help, maybe not direct crypto, but fiat could be used or by other means. In my country, there is a shortage of face masks, since many people panicked about this issue. Some people hoard and make use of it to make money, which shows greed.

Corona Virus is not that big of a problem , you should understand that if you really wanna help , I think it would be better to donate for the Australian bush fire trust me when you think impact wise it's more of a problem there .
The Virus is a new thing that we do not have any vaccination or any passive dose against therefore the people are scared .
But we should be able to understand that right now the government are working against it and they will develop antivax.

The  Coronavirus is here to stay, and was obviously created as part of the global eugenics programmes declared by the likes of Bill Gates, John Bolton and Hilary Clinton. Even if you were to donate all of the Bitcoins in existence, it is unlikely to be enough. It would be far better to create a trust to research the long term effects of vaccination ( over 10 years), and the damage done to immune systems. More people have dies as a result of influenza, and it would be interesting to see the percentage of those who are unvaccinated. I thnk the results would shock those who blindly push vaccination as "health care".

My understanding is that people with a healthy, naturally built immune system are not at risk from the coronavirus, and may not even show any symptoms if they contract it, although they will still be able to pass it on.

Well.. you can't say like that, because the virus is having a huge impact in China. Almost 50 million people are in lockdown, in cities such as Wuhan, Xiaogan and Wenzhou. The total economic loss til now is expected at somewhere in the vicinity of $150 billion, which can increase significantly in case the outbreak is not contained. The number of infected people are increasing at a rate of almost 3,000 per day and the disease is spreading to previously uninfected areas with each passing day. Western media also believes that China may be under-reporting the number of cases and deaths.

Under these circumstances, how can you say that the impact is not big? 

All affected nations are working to find solutions in how this virus will be cured or how their hospital will able to hold and not to allowed this problem
to spread out. Donations will help though like what you have said that there are much wider concern from other issues that being raised and looking
to help those people are really needed.

Let's not forget that all this thing about the virus is something that the corporations and elite are creating on purpose to profit from people's fear, so they create the virus and they create the cure, it is round business, people need to wake up and see what is behind all this drama.

The cure is what they needed other than money we can donate to them.
Even we can donate money as long as the virus is still there hey will need more donations from others the problem is the virus if the virus gone all other problem will be resolve . Hopefully some country will have that cure so this problem will be ended very soon.

Money for what?
There is no starvation happening in China, but just a spreading of virus there and no money can help with that. It could help for research of vaccine but it is said that it might take within or more than a year before one would be created. I don't think that money could speed the progress of making a cure.
(Reference: https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-vaccine-could-take-years-timeline-and-cost-2020-2)
Important thing for now is to donate mask to the people there for protection, as what others mentioned here.

China is one of the richest country today and I beleive they do not need money for donations, what they need is medical staff volunteers and a huge supply of materials use to prevent the spread of virus like face mask and the most important what they really need is vaccine which until this time no cure for ncov-2019.

It is a new strain and therefore it is going to take some time to create a vaccine. It may take anywhere from a few months to a couple of years. I heard that facial masks are in short supply and donating some medical equipment including masks will be a great way to help the Chinese. But there is very little that can be done on our part, since the virus is extremely contagious and spreads through air. The only way to stop it is by enforcing lockdowns and quarantines. And it is up to the Chinese government to do that. 

Are you serious about this one? Almost all the countries already feel the threat of this virus and it will increase more if we can’t still find the cure, the Media might exaggerated the news but the death rate is really alarming. China might not need the money, especially our donation because we all know that they are rich in resources and money but still if we can help them do so, my prayers to all the individuals who are suffering now because of the virus.

To make a donation campaign like this you have to be an established entity with a proven record. You just cannot randomly start your own, and expect the money to actually reach its intended destination.

If OP collects money, who is going to ensure it reaches China? And the entirety of it? Sure the Chinese government probably accepts donations, and such donations probably wouldn't even be used for the virus and there is no way you can even audit that. Some organizations send things instead (such as masks) but again they will go to the government and then they will decide who gets them and who don't, and what quantity.

This is a big problem with raising money for causes. Or are you going to aid big pharma develop a vaccine?

The Chinese companies are taking the chance to improve their relations with the government, don't think the likes of Binance are suddenly humanitarian. Yes its nice of them, maybe they get some tax exemption later. Lets just hope some of their money actually reaches victims, but no one can truly audit that, people can only hope.

I think the best thing you could do is in fact help develop a vaccine funding those efforts to something local to you (that you can verify), or ask one of the world renown non gov humanitarian organizations to see if they are taking bitcoin donations.

Something similar happened before with the Amazon fires, people here wanted to "give money" but didn't stop to think what that money was doing (if anything). Indeed Brazil did not stop their century old deforestation policy ("developing").

Please when you feel the urge to donate your money, be smart as if you were doing an investment. Perhaps doing an actual investment in something that might benefit the intended cause may actually be better.

I believe that above the financial assistance, China, needs numerous medical professional and staff in order to provide adequate services to all the nCov carriers. If there will be a way to convince medical practitioners especially those who are very capable of contributing in making solution to this outbreak it should be done right now. I think financial assistance is an enticing motivator but security assurance of their own welfare would be their priority. If we pursue crowdfunding to save China's health care, how can we make sure that these donations would be on the hands of the chosen receiver?

LOL... do you really think that users like me would be willing to donate our coins, if some random user starts a donation page? I have never donated to any individual whom I can't personally verify. I have donated to government agencies and I have done the same for private organizations and individuals who are trusted across the globe.

In case China wants our help, then they should allow the government agencies to accept donations in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (which is not possible as of now, since BTC can't be used for making payments within China). I would be more than willing to donate, in case China retracts some of its anti-Bitcoin laws and regulations.

There are problems that stick when we put BTCs in the process of donating to the patients who have corona virus.

First, the government of China has the necessary funds of creating hospitals and providing equipments needed in order to treat the virus. Second, even if we donate some BTCs to the ones affected, they would not be able to use it due to being isolated and contaminated. Third, it is better if we donate some of our BTCs to countries who are underdeveloped (e.g. countries in Africa, etc.) and lastly, better armed yourselves with the necessary funds before donating! The virus can quickly spread as it slowly becomes an epidemic to the world.

I appreciate the thought of OP but it would be better if we let the government exercise its power in treating the virus.

Not to be rude. But I don't think China or any other country need our bitcoin for Corona virus. China was able to build a huge hospital for Corona virus patients in less than 2 weeks(That's actually incredible). China is also one of the richest countries in the world, they practically lend other countries funds.
So there is no need for any contribution if you ask me.

If there is a natural disaster or an epidemic they wont mind collecting donations, they have built huge hospitals but the things that are coming out are not that great. They were unable to control the outbreak and now the virus has spread to some countries, i am not sure about their lending practices to other countries but they might be helping third world countries but that does not mean they will not entertain donations.

I wish the Chinese one party system wouldn't demonstrate such fascist values in the outbreak of a deadly virus. First they sent aid, and then they continue to deny the censorship that even led to this. I don't know how many more disasters the Chinese people could go through to realize that this can't go any more.

I would gladly donate to the cause but knowing the Chinese fov, I don't trust them. I would rather put my money in Hong Kong or Taiwan. Or better yet poorer countries in. the region.

There is a fund prepared by the government for this kind of situation, so we don't need to donate , and its not like any natural disaster that we can easily bought , food and water, this epidemic is different

This corona virus is not only a concern for China but globally. China has the capability to support their countrymen when it comes to money assistance which I think that Bitcoin donations seem to be helpless in the matter that this country also banning crypto. Maybe, if we are directly giving them medical supplies for infected people will be appreciated most but the problem is that some countries are now banning transport (in and out) from China which is difficult to send our medical support. And the other option is to send money for them and for the safety assurance not to spread the virus anymore.

China spent around 977 million CNY to build those special hospitals equipped with around 1k beds to treat those patients found with Corona virus, and China is one of those countries where a lot of BTC was already mined and traded and they still do it.
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So you were speaking about helping China!? What? Who? China?
Ask them if they are really looking for any help.  :-\

Indeed, due to the demand for N95 mask, stores are running out of stock and its hard to get one because other sellers that has stocks are taking advantage the situation and selling their product with much higher price that ordinary people cant afford.

When it comes to donating our bitcoin I dont think its necessary because the government particularly China is capable to sustain the needed medicines, facilities for those affected of this virus. I think what we can do is to pray for this virus to stop spreading and the victims to be cured.

I don’t think donating bitcoins at this stage will help instead people should come together and send shipments of the N95 masks, and cartoons filled with sanitisers as these two things can effectively counter the spread of the virus out there. Also as far as I know Apple manufacturer Foxconn is producing masks in China to help the people out there, and hence I would once repeat that they need urgently need masks and sanitisers and not our money.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51410700

What do you mean by this ...!

Almost all members here have used sig, to produce Bitcoin.

How people here donate (donations) that you programmed, for the corona virus, whereas you told them not to reply here.
This is not clear.

You yourself created this topic because you are in the 777coin campaign.

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To topic:
What is needed by the world government and corona virus sufferers is not Bitcoin or money.

Many people do the same thing, instead, eventually scam.

Coronavirus: Scammers follow the headlines (https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/02/coronavirus-scammers-follow-headlines)

Humans are attacked by the corona virus mostly billionaires.
Now, money is no longer needed for sufferers of the corona virus.

What is needed is medicine for healing and also for research to find ways to treat it.

People who donate to research:

bill-and-melinda-gates-donate-100-million-to-coronavirus-vaccine-research (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/02/05/bill-and-melinda-gates-donate-100-million-to-coronavirus-vaccine-research/amp/)

coronavirus-billionaires-multinational-donations (https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-billionaires-multinational-donations-80ecb324-c8c9-4476-819b-8b9a527d3896.html)

This is such a risky move, because you still need to prove that you will not scam those who also wanted to help. There are a lot of processes to take if you want to encourage others to help people who are infected with Corona Virus. It is very good to help those people who are in need, but then you need to consider a lot of factors so that you won't end up giving problems to others.

Not disputing the fact that; this happening in China isn't a natural disaster but an epidemic, so, this should be a major concern to the China and her citizens. I heard that, many of their equipment got exhausted and currently running on shortage. These stocks(medical wears) can be provided indeed to lease their suffering, so, donations should be encourage to China to fight against this killer epidemic ravaging the great China.

The idea is good but the problem is whether who will do that stuff as I am not sure also whether you have the capacity to do it. Number is one is not a problem as we can easily collect bitcoins if we will address it to the needy especially those who were affected by the virus.

I am worried with #2 and number #3, as it is very difficult to do especially if you have no capacity in doing it as you will surely need a permission from the government of China before you can proceed with the plan.

China is a wealthy nation and currently has the second-largest economy just a spot behind the USA, they have the money to deal with CoronaVirus treatment. They just built a hospital bed of 1,000 capacity in 6days which is a world-class hospital. What is needed now is prayers and major scientific research on how to stop the Virus and care the already infected victims.

Indeed people would doubt it since OP is just a low rank and doesn't have any background record or anything.
People don't just trust anything that people would say out of the thin air even if your intention was good you would still be look down as a scammer by some of the members.
But you could send help to them by giving out free mask to some countries that has been affected since there would be some panic buying that would happen and the supply could be short.

You should clear this out OP where would you donate?
Corona Virus already spread to so many countries not just in China,
And how could we know that the donation would really be sent to the affected areas?

I agree  more of them can even manage to have a tour any where in the world . The real problem is
The virus not  financial so they need to solve how to make a cure so every one of those infected countries can help them to heal from those sickness.
Many countries now is looking for a solution to that problem we can only do is to wait for them to invent a cure  before this problem can cause more damage  .

In my opinion
1. China has enough money to fight it
2. There are too many FUD about this virus
I dont think that china really need some btc from us for fight

China does not even need help coming from us. I am sure that they can recover by themselves since they are one of the biggest country in the world. What we need to do is to do fund raising for those country that is not able to sustain their needs in terms of medicine like Africa. They need our help so maybe we can do something to help them.

The idea is really very good and noble, considering the large number of people who continue to die every day, the difficult thing is that this money should reach Wuhan, but they say that everyone who enters there dies, just by touching some infected and the person becomes infected.

There would have to be a very large logistics mechanism for help to arrive, and I think it could be translated into medicines for people suffering from stress and other diseases apart from the virus, I think the Chinese government has a censorship increased to 80% , it is a really very radical system, and I am sure that your funds are not added as it should be, if an initiative like this is done it should be world class with the best logistics so that everything goes well.

you have a good heart mate but i think it is not necessary for Us to help Chinese physical or financial help because they are the second most richest country in the whole universe so i believe that they can support their needs.
what we can offer is Hope that the cure will be found sooner so the virus will be stopped now because there are thousand lives has been spared just because of this sickness.

Though your intentions are good but I would consider this complete stupidity.
Funds are needed for those people who don't have any money to survive in this world.
This is not the case here. People have the money but the doctors don't have any solution yet to defeat Coronavirus.
They can only prevent it by wearing masks.

Your argument is even stupider. If they've injected a huge load of money in their economy specifically for this purpose, it means they don't have enough funds to compensate with the costs.

Masks aren't of much help - I bet you more than half of those wearing masks are wearing them and/or taking them off the wrong way. Funds can come in help for buying masks, drugs, food and whatever else is needed for the survival of those in quarantine.

Funds are needed for those who don't have money to survive but the coronavirus may be deadly to those contacting it, so they're in danger of death.

But I don't think sending BTC would be of much help because it needs conversion to actually use it for all the purposes they need money for. It'd be more helpful if funds would be raised in fiat.

this is very Exaggerated mate because there are still group of doctors that entering the province to help the infected people and this is not like the movie walking dead that the infection are very scary,yeah you can die but there are preventive measures for those entering to keep them alive.
maybe medicine is not that appropriate for now as the cure is still not being found,maybe what they need is Mask to remain safe those others that is not infected.

This is a very good idea! It will be great if we succeed in helping these people. However, I will need some proof before I donate my Bitcoin. Honestly, I have no idea how to manage it. But I'd like to help.

A good idea but I think we shouldn't just focus on what's trend I mean there are so many other things that we could do or help,
Beside's I agree with most of the comments from the first page the virus isn't spread out on a poor country so I think they doesn't really need the help that much.
Why not try to feed the homeless or donate to some charity?
Instead of focusing on what's trend there are so many other's who really needs it.

Good idea but maybe even more important now would be to fund the research on the virus and help to prevent the growth of the epidemic.

I have not made such a donation, and it’s not because I don’t want to, but because I don’t have the money to do so. But I have seen a few organizations online that claimed to be helping with the issue of Corona virus in China. From what I have seen, none of them is accepting payment in bitcoin, they are only accepting payments with PayPal and debit cards. And if you come to think of it, they don’t need to be accepting payment in Bitcoin, like who will even have the time to be converting the cryptocurrencies all the time?

But with PayPal, the money is going straight to their bank account and they will have access to it immediately they need it. And if you want to do a donation make sure that you’re giving to the right site because there are scammers online pretending to be legit.

That is a great act of kindness. The world is in great need of this kind of gestures and considering the involvement of bitcoin, we can already say that it would give off great impressions on different countries. We need to be giving most specially if we already have much more than what we really need. The only problem we may face in this is the possibility of scams on a certain person who would recieve all the donations. We don't really know but they may take advantage from this phenomena.

You have a good mind, but firstly, we have seen a lot of people who bring up ideas like this and end up as scam, who will not deliver the contribution and keep it to themselves. How do we know who is genuine about it.
Secondly, this Corona is not precisely about the poor and needy, though there is always the poor in the land. But let everyone guide his country. Take care of the needy around you with the little token you earn here and finaly, pray in whatever way you can for China to overcome.

Donation? Why would we?

I mean, China is already a great country, most of the investors and whales of cryptocurrency are from that country.

I don't hate them, it's just weird that me from a third world country, donating to a country of whales.
Well, if you guys wanted to do it, we just need a credible and trusted member from China to start it.

Others would say that they don't need donation of money because they have enough. But I would say that they still need it. For medical purposes and masks because it's been out of stocked. But aside from money, I think what they really need is man power to handle all cases. And as for using Bitcoin to donate it in China, we can do that if there's someone who'll take action with it. But I wouldn't just donate bitcoin easily because what if it's not legit. How can we give our trust easily? Unless if it's started by trusty people.

Our country already donated a million of a facemask. Even World health organization already donated medical equipment and masks for their use so I wonder what's the purpose of the donation if it's already done by other communities?

Also, our country has already sent volunteer doctors in Wuhan, take note, they're professionals. These things could be done without dragging bitcoin into this, so I find it useless and probably many people will just take advantage of this project if happened.

Alot of doubters out there.

Regardless i love the fact that there are people like you that want to help in the first place.

Our project is looking to support a set number of volunteers and causes any help appreciated but more then that we would love more people to join our community.

We are reaching out and calling upon the crypto community, to help us support these charities in the fight against the pandemic.

 Your donations will be pooled together and used to sustainably support these causes, where we will do audits so you can rest easy knowing your donation goes to where it is needed!

Please register your account  www.xcvesting.io , and donate by purchasing XCV with ETH, BTC or via bank transfer
You can read the full details here https://discourse.causevest.io/t/causevest-coronavirus-covid-19-help-us-out/186

Even if you have no funds ideas and ways we can have a bigger impact are welcome!

first of all this is the right place or board for your topic because its related to bitcoin  .  i like this idea and i havent see someone do it ( maybe this is the first if ever ) .

 we need to hire reputable people that represents every country and transfer the funds to them if the collection was succesful and then they will only provide proofs that they already buy the coins with food and other useful items for the needy .  outside crypto , i already see many celebrity and fortunate people doing it   . its nice to see that people are still willing to help .

I will agree with your opinion ,  there are many countries now helping those country affected that they know cant afford to use so much money. The donation came from different country  medical equipment such as testkit mask and even donated money to those country affected that they dont have ability to manage that crisis alone. Even known businessman such as jackma  helping many  country and  donating medical equipment.

instead of donating of bitcoin why we dont use that to buy some goods or materials that use in somebody dailyneeds or  like ppe or mask any protected gear to our fronliner.. if we use bitcoin for donation we give us a scamer a chance to do there bad habit job.. unless you have a legit and trusted allies to contribute that bitcoin donation... here in philippines we dont need bitcoin right now we need ppe or (personal protective equipment) for our bravest frontliner...

There are lot of organizations that are current accepting donations to help countries that are badly affected by the virus. I think some of them does accept crypto currencies. But just make sure you are donating on a legit organization that will make good use of your donation. Many scams pop up  where they collect money from people for donating but ends up running away with the money and spends it for themselves.

This is one of those ideas who can't be neglected. It is a good deed for you to be able to think of other people in need. Because they really need help especially those who are in the low class. However, those who are interested to donate will also fear for the legitimacy of your Bitcoin space. I think you will need to have this reputation because it is hard to give when you know other people will just take advantage of it. So, what's better is that you also gather Bitcoin users who are of great rep. so people would be confident in you.

Yes we can do it automatically. We should put the donated funds to those who are trusted members here and give the funds to those who badly needs it, the poor countries and has lack facilities for covid patients and also who are lockdown that cannot go out to buy some foods.

I appreciate the fact that you want to help but I think it is fine.

I think you could do your own help just by putting your self in-home quarantine and obey policies being said by the government or the people that manage your place there. That way, you can avoid being a casualty in your country and you are also helping the government and other people in the frontlines to contain the virus. Helping is not always about the money we can give, self-discipline is one too especially in this kind of pandemic.

This statement is a strong one. We cannot just put all our money to a person or something because why if they will not donate it a hundred percent? When can just help them personally. And besides government and other facilities are not or do not support cryptocurrency so it is hard to entrust out investments or part of our investments into one. But if it gives me assurance then why not donate right? We all wanted to end this plague we are all affected in this thing. Even our cryptocurrency are going down and even the stock market is down because of this plague so lets be as one and cooperate to end this.

It's of no use now to send Bitcoin to those in need. Things were okay at that time when I created this post but most of the community members had a negative approach to my idea.

The whole world is now under suffering because of the deadly virus now and we need to take care of ourselves and our family members more than anyone else. Governments of different countries are now in action and they know what is good for their citizens.

People can simply help by obeying the rules and regulations of the authorities to stay at home because the virus can be easily transmitted from one person to another. It will be great to see people helping people in need, a lot of people are struggling because they don't have any source of income and they can't provide what they need. Anyway, I think it's a good idea since it has good intention though as you say we just need a trustworthy person to ensure that it will be donated.

Many countries and organizations have opened different chanels for donations to fight corona virus or for research for vactination. Just be very careful, there are also many scam attempts too, in such situation there are always people who want to make money on other peoples' misery.
Do good research and background check before you make any donation.

It is a good idea to help those in need in these times of pandemic but we should at least separate the donations like on what country you are in so we don't have to worry in distributing the donations and converting it to the local fiat. If these plan will be broad then separating it to every country is the best option, assigning someone who can be trusted to distribute the donations to the people who are in need.

But the main problem to this kind of action is to planning on how to gather the donations and how to divide it because there are other countries who are in the center of the pandemic so they really need more donations compare to those countries who have less cases.

That's good to be honest :). I really appreciate those people behind those charitable works. Like here in our country, many organizations and different icons from various industries do something to ease the burden of infected, the frontliners and even those healthy countrymen who suffer from the lockdown. Props to them but I can't help myself to become lonely a little bit because aside from goods they only accept cash donations :(. I hope in the future (I'm not wishing for another disaster of course) they will now include crypto, mainly bitcoin, as a form of donations.

Everyone can donate funds to their local governments and authorities. In my country too, there is a coronavirus relief fund where I have deposited some fiat money. I do not like the idea of bitcoin donation here bcause there is a chance that people will take bitcoins in the name of donation and might scam  :(

Actually that thought is well good, helping other people is in time of crisis is a real virtue, there are so many affected people by the virus, in a ways that there are some who can't even buy some foods because of being unemployed because of having a community quarantine in some areas. Those poor people are those who will be hungry while being quarantine because of lack of money to buy some foods. So this thread is really good to help them, but I think that there will be a person that will donate money to you because of trust issues. Especially if you are not that authorized people.

It's not hard to do that as transactions can be done with the wallet of trusted members or whoever that can manage the process. Share your
spare money if you still have that luxuries.
This is the time to work together and help those who are really in need especially those poor places who can't manage to feed their families.

Bitcoin is not made for this, it is for those who have the idea of saving, and already save for it before the storm hits.

For those who don't have this habit, they should turn to the state and banks, since state currently have unlimited money to print and give them. And this is also why bitcoin is not going to replace fiat money, since it lacks the ability of dealing with crisis, thus can only be used as a medium of saving, hedging inflation

This would be great if we've done it earlier. Right now, we can't really do that since we are now focussed on the pandemic at hand. I don't know why are you pushing it right now but the timing is just not right. If you still want to do it though, you can just google search how to do it and where to send it. If you are having doubts, you could just ask people about it here in the forum. We are talking about bitcoin here so there are a lot of possibilities that that site we are dealing with scams here.

It's a pandemic so basically, it's a worldwide crisis and collecting Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency will just help one part of the problem, I think it's not effective. It's better to donate to your countries fund to help your country (this is just for me). Personally, I donated some of my money here in our country top help the poor ones considering that, locals here are on community quarantine and almost all of the jobs are paused. Many poor people cannot buy goods because of the lack of money so I donate. For you t's better to help you fellow countrymen, that's my suggestion.  :)

So you want to help huh?? Donating some money will help but there is more important than that OP.

Just stay at home and sleep. I remember the time when my mother said to me "You're sleeping all day all night you idiot. You're not helping :D". Now I rebut with her and said "Now I'm helping the world thru sleeping and staying at home :P".

TBH, there is no need to donate some cash or anything if you are just a normal person. Let the businessmen and the rich people do their job of donating the cash and lets help the frontliners right now thru staying at home so that we can't get affected and we can't affect other people too. There is no harm in staying at our home for the meantime so why do they choose to go outside when there is a pandemic going on. Stupid people but anyway, I will just stay home at least I help to save the world ;).

If in my country btc is officially declared illegal currency so there's no organisation or anyhow it’s not possible to donate but i personally trying to contributed some physical money how much i am capable to do that. I converted btc to fiat currency for these donation. Most probably these fund will be use for specially food and masks which is emergency, it’s time is community transmission so any amount donation can be help for rural people.            

I am already Helping others and i don't need to donate my Bitcoin just to help others.

There is a simple but Helpful advice,whenever you see those Frontliners  in Fight against this Corona and Give them even water or other stuffs that can relieve them even in a while.

Help Also those people that in your community that heavily affected by the lock down maybe some of them are not allowed to work at home and being"No work no pay"
they really badly needed your help.

donate for the coronavirus is currently lacking on target...
Coronavirus has become a Pandemic so that the level is no longer like a natural disaster, we do not know how long Lockdown will spend our savings. if you have more money you should donate food, masks or hand sanitizers to your poor neighbors or the nearest homeless in your neighborhood..

Donations are not necessary every time a problem comes up. Some tines precautions and sticking to experts advice works better. I believe this is what the world needs now on COvid 19 while the various governments take care of their people financially as they observe lockdown.