[2019-04-18] World’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange Wants to Help Rebuild Notre Dame

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Exactly business is a bussiness notre dame is one of the most popular catheral in the world, binance grab the opportunity to contribute for re build of the notre dame to get involve In the press release media courtesy.

People can easily see through this though, as this thread and the many other threads and articles on twitter/reddit/news sites/etc. all show. These companies are being scorned more than they are being admired, and I really think this could all massively backfire, especially when the project ends up millions over budget and there are huge delays, which there inevitably will be.

Do you not think the headline "Binance builds new orphanage" or "Binance provides clean water for 10 villages" would be better for them than "Binance joins other billionaires in publicity stunt"?

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[RamBahadur.Gurung]

What's with all this dick swinging when it comes to this? If it were me I'd let it fall apart but I have a sizeable lack of sentimentality problem. I don't get why a string of billionaires are laying out for this when they could be solving some real problems.

Notre Dame is an iconic structure and if someone donates his money for its re-construction, it will get a lot of attention. It is similar to what the Russian oligarchs used to do. In order to create a feeling that they are patriotic, they used to purchase historic paintings and art works and bring them back to Russia. A perfect example here:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/18/russia.artnews

Obviously these guys don't care about the millions living in poverty and destitution.

[Zadicar]

"You can make contributions either by name or anonymously. As of this writing, the campaign has received 29 donations in 12 hours. Contributions top 1.47 BTC, or roughly $7,646."

Not bad for 12 hours after Binance do call out for that donation but when i do further read up until to the bottom then the excitement turns off when
i do see that big companies already starting up to donate millions of dollars for that restoration which its just too obvious that they arent really going for the charitable work but for the sake of exposure and popularity.

[Wayan_Pedjeng]

"You can make contributions either by name or anonymously. As of this writing, the campaign has received 29 donations in 12 hours. Contributions top 1.47 BTC, or roughly $7,646."

Not bad for 12 hours after Binance do call out for that donation but when i do further read up until to the bottom then the excitement turns off when
i do see that big companies already starting up to donate millions of dollars for that restoration which its just too obvious that they arent really going for the charitable work but for the sake of exposure and popularity.

Very interesting. Now they don't want any KYC documentation and we can donate anonymously. So my understanding is that if the Bitcoin users are ready to fund the government, then KYC is not required and no one will be having a problem with the anonymity. But in case I want to spend $10 worth of coins to purchase a burger, then all of a sudden I need to submit the KYC documents to the authorities?

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In case of Binance for sure. It's the ideal way for them to get some mainstream media exposure while this is being covered throughout the whole world.

Exactly business is a bussiness notre dame is one of the most popular catheral in the world, binance grab the opportunity to contribute for re build of the notre dame to get involve In the press release media courtesy.
And also this action of binance can help for the bitcoin popularization in the world not only the exchange but the whole crypto get benefits.
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People still don't know that when a company or business show kindheartedness even if it's genuine or for personal gains, it will spread and will get massive positive results. Just be thankful that it is Binance that does that because if that is done by another exchange then will get more damage for sure.

[CryptoBry]

What's with all this dick swinging when it comes to this? If it were me I'd let it fall apart but I have a sizeable lack of sentimentality problem. I don't get why a string of billionaires are laying out for this when they could be solving some real problems.

This is the power of religion or specifically the Catholic Church to get people to donate money for the cause of rebuilding of the famous and iconic church building based in Paris. While in the recent years, growth on religion especially on the side of Christianity has had been discouraging, what is clear is that deep inside of the people the tie to religion is really deep and during the times of hardship and challenges this spirit will always show.

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what is clear is that deep inside of the people the tie to religion is really deep and during the times of hardship and challenges this spirit will always show.

Doubtful. As others have pointed out it's for publicity and immortality, not that anyone's going to remember a few years down the line. France is one of the world's least religious countries. I've never been in a French church that had anything religious happening in it. It's just bored tourists. And maybe 0.5% of Notre Dame visits will be non touristic.