Good news! From today the Turing Trust now accepts bitcoin donations!

[The_Turing_Trust]

Good to see another non-profit organization accepting Bitcoin - especially one in the technology field! It would be good if you could download a soft Bitcoin wallet into the computer before you send them out to Africa. Anyway, would donate some Bitcoin when I am not in a tight budget. .

Thanks King Jack   I doubt we'll be adding wallets to our computers but one thing we have spoken about is adding a section on Bitcoin and digital currencies to our E-library

[lister storm]

its nice to see that more and more companies and more people are starting to accept bitcoin payments

it will definitely start pushing the price up it will surely attract a lot of new people to it, lets hope more companies will get interested

[The_Turing_Trust]

They are good guys that trying to educate African people and i really want to donate my money for it and it's greate they accepting bitcoins! Hope it would help.

We appreciate every Satoshi Thanks very much for the support

[Jeremycoin]

Will the Turing Trust be supporting the Bitcoin ecosystem in any other ways?
Yes, in the near future we will be hosting a full node to support the network.

This is what we need, some organization that will support Bitcoin.

[RealPhotoshoper]

In a nutshell we reuse old computers that would normally end up on a landfill sites and send them out to schools in Africa. If you are able to support us please use the link below. We'll be embracing bitcoin fully and will be setting up a full node in the near future.

http://turingtrust.co.uk/donate-by-bitcoin/

Many thanks

-The Turing Trust

yes its good news,and i'm sure this is would effective to raise some donation from people,at least people who use and adopt bitcoin can know and start donate with bitcoin,i'm also ever donate with bitcoin to some foundation,its easier.

[The_Turing_Trust]

Will the Turing Trust be supporting the Bitcoin ecosystem in any other ways?
Yes, in the near future we will be hosting a full node to support the network.

This is what we need, some organization that will support Bitcoin.

We will do our best

[The_Turing_Trust]

In a nutshell we reuse old computers that would normally end up on a landfill sites and send them out to schools in Africa. If you are able to support us please use the link below. We'll be embracing bitcoin fully and will be setting up a full node in the near future.

http://turingtrust.co.uk/donate-by-bitcoin/

Many thanks

-The Turing Trust

yes its good news,and i'm sure this is would effective to raise some donation from people,at least people who use and adopt bitcoin can know and start donate with bitcoin,i'm also ever donate with bitcoin to some foundation,its easier.

It has been effective so far. In fact someone donated 1.71btc (£500) yesterday which is huge for us! So if you are reading thanks so much for your generosity and support it's much appreciated!

[yenxz]

In a nutshell we reuse old computers that would normally end up on a landfill sites and send them out to schools in Africa. If you are able to support us please use the link below. We'll be embracing bitcoin fully and will be setting up a full node in the near future.

http://turingtrust.co.uk/donate-by-bitcoin/

Many thanks

-The Turing Trust

we also thanks to Turing Trust for start accepting bitcoin as one of payment system,its was good news for we all,i wish this is will be good way to all bitcoiners to start make donation with bitcoin,we need to make donation for our better life.

[calkob]

Great charity this, and the fact that it now supports bitcoin donations is only a bonus.  Going there now to give them some.     well done Turing trust

[gtglener]

It is really a good news for those who are their donators and who want to donate them, as it is much easy to pay for a donation through bitcoin. but donating through banks and cheque it take some time and effort to go to there, but with bitcoin you can donate from home with a few clicks.

[Wendigo]

What are you using the donations for if people are bringing old computers for free to your door step? Do you pay a lot of money for shipping costs to African countries or the goods will be transported free of charge as you are a charity organization? What do you think about Raspberry Pi Zero the $5 computer? You could get a whole bunch of them for less than the shipping fees on these old PC's you are sending out right?

[The_Turing_Trust]

Great charity this, and the fact that it now supports bitcoin donations is only a bonus.  Going there now to give them some.     well done Turing trust

Thank you very much for your support!

[PakistanHockeyfan]

Good to see another non-profit organization accepting Bitcoin - especially one in the technology field! It would be good if you could download a soft Bitcoin wallet into the computer before you send them out to Africa. Anyway, would donate some Bitcoin when I am not in a tight budget. .

Not to mention the fact that it's just reasonably cheaper to donate with Bitcoin than any other money sending medium. Apparently, you get charged $5 to pay through Western Union which I never ever knew.

[Monnt]

It's not much, but I've donated. I have to pay off a loan of 0.1, and I'm practically delaying it for you guys

Here's the transaction - https://blockchain.info/tx/c9b2470cb62951fd35bf39db59f252402bc69224eeb9b4da5ae4e392c32cc0b1

[btvGainer]

Good to see another non-profit organization accepting Bitcoin - especially one in the technology field! It would be good if you could download a soft Bitcoin wallet into the computer before you send them out to Africa. Anyway, would donate some Bitcoin when I am not in a tight budget. .

Thanks King Jack   I doubt we'll be adding wallets to our computers but one thing we have spoken about is adding a section on Bitcoin and digital currencies to our E-library

Good to hear.I am sure if some reputed NGO like yours adopt and endorse bitcoin,it will going to help bitcoin in its growth.Bitcoins is often associated with some bad things which keep a lot of people away from it.NGOs like Turing Trust involvement will dispel the misconceptions from a common man's mind

[The_Turing_Trust]

It is really a good news for those who are their donators and who want to donate them, as it is much easy to pay for a donation through bitcoin. but donating through banks and cheque it take some time and effort to go to there, but with bitcoin you can donate from home with a few clicks.

Very much so. Bitcoin has really helped us just in this short period of time

[The_Turing_Trust]

What are you using the donations for if people are bringing old computers for free to your door step? Do you pay a lot of money for shipping costs to African countries or the goods will be transported free of charge as you are a charity organization? What do you think about Raspberry Pi Zero the $5 computer? You could get a whole bunch of them for less than the shipping fees on these old PC's you are sending out right?

I'm not at liberty to say how the bitcoin donations will be spent as it will be a joint decision.

We did an assessment last year and found that we could deliver computers at £10 per unit to certain places where it may have cost £80 to buy similar spec machines locally. So it makes financial sense and also saves computers in the UK from being scrapped.

We are big fans of the Raspberry Pi at the Turing Trust. Later this year we'll have finished our first off-grid classroom made from an old shipping container fitted out with Pi's and a PV solar system. You can read more here if you are interested:

http://turingtrust.co.uk/the-turing-trust-e-library-2/the-solarberry/

Thanks

[The_Turing_Trust]

It's not much, but I've donated. I have to pay off a loan of 0.1, and I'm practically delaying it for you guys

Here's the transaction - https://blockchain.info/tx/c9b2470cb62951fd35bf39db59f252402bc69224eeb9b4da5ae4e392c32cc0b1

That's brilliant Monnt thanks very much!

[The_Turing_Trust]

Good to see another non-profit organization accepting Bitcoin - especially one in the technology field! It would be good if you could download a soft Bitcoin wallet into the computer before you send them out to Africa. Anyway, would donate some Bitcoin when I am not in a tight budget. .

Thanks King Jack   I doubt we'll be adding wallets to our computers but one thing we have spoken about is adding a section on Bitcoin and digital currencies to our E-library

Good to hear.I am sure if some reputed NGO like yours adopt and endorse bitcoin,it will going to help bitcoin in its growth.Bitcoins is often associated with some bad things which keep a lot of people away from it.NGOs like Turing Trust involvement will dispel the misconceptions from a common man's mind

Very good point. We are aware the public's perception of Bitcoin isn't always very positive so we hope we can play a part in helping to change that.

[NorrisK]

The name reminds me of the Turing Foundation in Homeland series..

Checked around a bit and actually looks quite good! I hope bitcoin gives you some extra exposure and donations. Especially that solarpie project looks really cool. I can imagine that a low cost lower power machine such as the pi is ideal for your goals.