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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) fundraising

Discussion in 'Fundraising' started by Adam pwme, Dec 11, 2017.

  1. Adam pwme

    Adam pwme Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Other charities can apply too
     
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  2. Sasha

    Sasha Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    @Adam pwme - thanks for starting a new thread! :)

    I wondered if you wanted to change the title to something like, 'Help OMF receive up to $1 million from generous bitcoin donor' to make it clear that you're not asking patients to donate. A lot of patients can't afford to donate so might not read the thread unless it's clear that this is about an actual donor.
     
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  3. Adam pwme

    Adam pwme Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Good idea have update
     
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  4. Mattie

    Mattie Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    thanks Adam.
    Just added to reddit.
     
  5. Cheesus

    Cheesus Established Member (Voting Rights)

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    We did not win the 1 BTC donation from the first donor. I have contacted them to find out why.
     
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  6. Cheesus

    Cheesus Established Member (Voting Rights)

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    We have it!! He tried to donate to the OMF but missed the fact that you need to get in touch with them to donate over $10,000, so was unable to. I highlighted that fact and mentioned it was probably because the payment provider, Bitpay, has a limit on payments of $10k. He said he would submit the donation in 2 amounts instead. I have had a play with the OMF's donation page and I am certain that should work.

    Well done team!! Whoop whoop! :trophy@:trophy@:trophy@
     
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  7. Sasha

    Sasha Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    That's brilliant! Well done, @Cheesus! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
     
  8. Adam pwme

    Adam pwme Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Whoop whoop, was worried for a bit there, thanks to @Sasha and @Cheesus and everyone involved.
     
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    Esther12 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    That was worth asking him about! Great work cheesus.
     
  10. Allele

    Allele Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Woot! Thanks Cheesus!
     
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  11. Moosie

    Moosie Established Member (Voting Rights)

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    Fantastic @Cheesus !! Well done! And well done for following it up. :emoji_champagne:
     
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  12. Little Bluestem

    Little Bluestem Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    I'm having difficulty getting my head around the fact that OMF is going to get a non-trivial amount of research money. That's just not the sort of thing that usually happens to us. Pretty cool when someone tries to give you more money than you are set up to receive! :emoji_wine_glass: :angel: :emoji_rosette: :emoji_butterfly: :heart: :balloons:
     
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  13. Cheesus

    Cheesus Established Member (Voting Rights)

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    You can see the donations made here for day 14:

    Bitcoin addresses are pseudonymous, so you cannot tell by looking at the blockchain whether or not those addresses belong to the OMF. Likely they actually belong to Bitpay anyway, who relays the corresponding amount to the amount to the OMF in USD.
     
  14. Sunshine3

    Sunshine3 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    How much did OMF get? Sorry just reading this now and don't understand it properly!
     
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  15. Cheesus

    Cheesus Established Member (Voting Rights)

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  16. Esther12

    Esther12 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Or $250 if they fail to cash out until after the bubble bursts...
     
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  17. Sunshine3

    Sunshine3 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Brilliant!!!
     
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  18. Cheesus

    Cheesus Established Member (Voting Rights)

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    A son asked his father for $10 in bitcoin.

    "$10.42?" the father replies, "What do you want $9.60 for?"
     
  19. Allele

    Allele Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    How do we get the Pineapple Fund's attention? Or is it just a matter of OMF applying?
     
  20. Cheesus

    Cheesus Established Member (Voting Rights)

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    I emailed the OMF to let them know about it and they said they had already applied. We're also ranked fairly close to the top on the relevant thread, but if you haven't already it may be worth giving that an upvote and leaving your story:

     
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