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Donating $86 million of bitcoins to charity

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Donated $55 million of bitcoin to charities

because once you have enough money, money doesn't matter

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Donating $86 million of bitcoins to charity

About

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On a larger scale, the Pineapple Fund created a more mysterious form of cryptocurrency philanthropy.

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The organization was started in December by an anonymous donor who goes by the nickname “Pine” and claims to be among the 250 largest holders of Bitcoin in the world. The fund aims to give away $86 million worth of Bitcoin, and has already given $20 million worth of the currency to 13 organizations, including million-dollar donations to the Water Project, which provides clean water to people in sub-Saharan Africa, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights watchdog. -

(These donations can be verified thanks to Bitcoin’s digital ledger system, which records every transaction in a public database.)

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Whoever Pine is, he or she seems to have found a way to convert Bitcoin into something actually useful.

- New York Times, Dec 27 2017 -
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Pineapple Fund was an experiment in philanthropy with cryptocurrency wealth. What happens when your 'play-money' becomes a treasure chest, and you're past the satiety point of money?

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I decided to donate the majority of my cryptocurrency to charities around the world, with an open application process and funding charities big and small. I focused on causes I believe in, or causes I know will work from my experiences.

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Timed with the 2017 crypto bubble, 5104 BTC was turned into $55 million for charities. I'm happy and proud of the impact that will come, mostly thanks to the amazing charities and the dedicated people behind them.

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I'm going to remain anonymous, because the point of the Pineapple Fund is not me. I consider this project a success. If you're ever blessed with crypto fortune, consider supporting what you aspire our world to be :)

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♥, Pine

- 5,057 BTC - ~$86 million USD + 5,104 BTC total committed
- donated so far + total donated
- charities supported so far + charities supported
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On a larger scale, the Pineapple Fund created a more mysterious form of cryptocurrency philanthropy.

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The organization was started in December by an anonymous donor who goes by the nickname “Pine” and claims to be among the 250 largest holders of Bitcoin in the world. The fund aims to give away $86 million worth of Bitcoin, and has already given $20 million worth of the currency to 13 organizations, including million-dollar donations to the Water Project, which provides clean water to people in sub-Saharan Africa, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights watchdog. +

(These donations can be verified thanks to Bitcoin’s digital ledger system, which records every transaction in a public database.)

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Whoever Pine is, he or she seems to have found a way to convert Bitcoin into something actually useful.

+ New York Times, Dec 27 2017 +
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View the address: 3P3QsMVK89JBNqZQv5zMAKG8FK3kJM4rjt

View the proof of ownership: Encoded message

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Press coverage: Quartz | Hacker Noon | The Guardian | New York Times | Mashable | CNBC | Newsweek | Inverse | BBC Radio | Business Insider | Forbes | Bitcoin Magazine | TNW | PCMag

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Press coverage: Quartz | Hacker Noon | The Guardian | New York Times | Mashable | CNBC | Newsweek | Inverse | BBC Radio | Business Insider | Forbes | Bitcoin Magazine | TNW | PCMag | etc

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Apply

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Applications are now closed for the Pineapple Fund.

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Feb 2018 Update: We've finished reviewing all applications for the Pineapple Fund. We've received thousands of applications and we sadly can't fund all of them. We're working with the charities we've selected to transfer the bitcoins.

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Applications are closed for the Pineapple Fund. More than 10,000 applications were received.

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FAQ

Publicity has never been the point of this fund.

I'm an individual. Can I get some bitcoins?

The answer is no. Pineapple Fund is charity, but not that kind of charity.

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Please do not apply or email. We have never funded an individual request and we never will.

I have a media request...

Feel free to email contact at this domain, and I'll get back to you!

Why the name, Pineapple Fund?

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FAQ

Contact

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All remaining Pineapple Fund proceeds have been allocated, but if you want to reach us, please email contact at this email.

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All remaining Pineapple Fund proceeds have been allocated, but if you want to reach me, please email contact at this email. It might take a while for me to reply.