Bitcoin Donations for Shulgin - the godfather of MDMA

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Many in the Bitcoin community are interested in Alexander Shulgin's work. Know about MDMA? If it wasn't for Shulgin, you wouldn't. Shulgin discovered the entire 2C* family of compounds. A few days ago several acres of his land were placed on the market because he is otherwise unable to pay his medical bills. Sasha has suffered two strokes in recent years and requires 24-hour care due to dementia.

https://www.facebook.com/helpsashashulgin
http://www.shulginresearch.org/home/donate/

It would help Shulgin (and help promote bitcoin) if we were to put together a generous donation in BTC. I have contacted Shulgin's team to encourage them to directly accept Bitcoin on their donation site.

I pledge to donate 1 BTC and match the first 5 BTC donated. How can we do this? Will a trusted member of the community help escrow?

Note: (Monthly SR revenue = $1200k; Yearly cost for Shulgin's care = $120k)

"How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides beauty and the wonders of celestial vistas? It doesn't matter, as there can be nothing but gratitude for even a glimpse of what exists for those who can become open to it."
― Alexander Shulgin, Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story

[Este Nuno]

Considering Silk Road exists, it would be pretty surprising if a significant amount of bitcoins aren't raised for this guy.

[Rampion]

Donating right away. PIHKAL and TIHKAL are two must read books for any Aldous Huxley fan, same thing for anyone interested in reality vs. perception or altered states of consciousness in general.

Sasha Shulgin is an absolute genius, he did not only invent MDMA but also 2CB and other hundreds of derivates. And he tried them ALL, documenting its effects

[Este Nuno]

Pretty sure he didn't invent MDMA. He was one of the people who popularized it by publishing his experiments with it, but he didn't invent it.

[Rampion]

Pretty sure he didn't invent MDMA. He was one of the people who popularized it by publishing his experiments with it, but he didn't invent it.

Well, you are right, MDMA was discovered by mistake by some laboratory in the early 1900's (I think Bayern or Merck, cannot remember exactly right now).

But Shulgin was the first one to experiment with it in a scientific way, to discover and document its effects on humans, and then to modify it to discover and document the effects of a wide list of derivatives.

He was also the discoverer of all the phenethylamine chemical derivatives of the 2C* family, as stated in the OP.

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Pretty sure he didn't invent MDMA. He was one of the people who popularized it by publishing his experiments with it, but he didn't invent it.

Well, you are right, MDMA was discovered by mistake by some laboratory in the early 1900's (I think Bayern or Merck, cannot remember exactly right now).

But Shulgin was the first one to experiment with it in a scientific way, to discover and document its effects on humans, and then to modify it to discover and document the effects of a wide list of derivatives.

He was also the discoverer of all the phenethylamine chemical derivatives of the 2C* family, as stated in the OP.

Merck! So does anyone want to donate BTC? Come on guys! We can do it.