Hi Fellows,
I'm planning to build an local online charity where people can vote for the case their money should be spent. I'm going to build it using Ethereum smart contracts & Solidity, so it can continue to work autonomously.
Would you please sharing your thoughts on that? Introducing similar services(if any)? Or your useful suggestions on how to improve its functionality/features.
As a side question: Do you think building it on Bitcoin infrastructure would generate any advantages?
Don't stop working on it, but keep that in your mind. Why would people donate to your charity when there are more trusted ones that have already been running for years and have shown an improvement in people's lives already (eg, world vision). There are also a lot of charities that accept bitcoin, just from the top of my head, watsi, save the children and the water project.
There are a lot of horrible people that see charities as a way to defraud people, as long as you can convince and show your community that you are not one of them, you'll be set. If you want to build a charity in a shareholder sort of way, where the people involved could vote for what cause, you'll need to have some trusted take care of the money, and have a portfolio of helping people out.
For example, if you used some of your own money to make a difference to people's lives, that would be a great way to show that you are invested. Even spending your own money to build working smart contracts, websites, social media is viable.
A bitcoin/blockchain-based charity definitely seems interesting though, doing something for the greater good whilst also working with new technology sounds like a dream come true.