{"id":19916,"date":"2024-12-26T12:22:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T10:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/vitalik-buterin-adopts-a-dwarf-hippopotamus\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T12:22:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T10:22:38","slug":"vitalik-buterin-adopts-a-dwarf-hippopotamus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/vitalik-buterin-adopts-a-dwarf-hippopotamus\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin &#8216;Adopts&#8217; a Dwarf Hippopotamus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has donated 10 million Thai baht (~$300,000) to the Khao Kheow Zoo, home to the internet meme star\u2014a dwarf hippopotamus named Moo Deng.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you Vitalik Buterin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VitalikButerin<\/a> for joining the Wildlife Sponsorship Program and adopting Moo Deng with a generous gift of 10,000,000 THB for her family! We look forward to working with you over the next 2 years for the benefit of the Khao Kheow Open Zoo community &#038; all\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ykrr53Y2tZ\">pic.twitter.com\/Ykrr53Y2tZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0e2a\u0e27\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e15\u0e27\u0e4c\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e34\u0e14\u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e40\u0e02\u0e35\u0e22\u0e27 Khao Kheow Open Zoo (@KhaokheowZoo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhaokheowZoo\/status\/1872151683700248587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The programmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/thailand\/general\/2904748\/ethereum-co-founder-visits-moo-deng\">visited<\/a> the Thai zoo in November, coinciding with the Devcon SEA 2024 conference in Bangkok. He provided the hippo&#8217;s caretakers with food, met the animals, and participated in a photo session.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXeEy0snKQvzX47j5iMwoPwEHGnhTHravXJWF5ER5WK40jcgnuEsgIG6HqckA67z0NDhfv9b2_Leh2QE0U51Fp1FoeofjUfiIzzp1w-3jV8mL4ejZIIU_HuTQaWZOCIKuzCXWVLI?key=iZMKip5wCxAhnENlK0geY9HH\" alt=\"Vitalik Buterin 'adopts' a dwarf hippopotamus\" style=\"width:555px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vitalik Buterin with a model of the dwarf hippopotamus at Khao Kheow Zoo. Source: Bangkok Post.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The recent donation will be used to expand exhibitions and improve the zoo&#8217;s facilities. In its post, the Khao Kheow administration shared a plan of the proposed enhancements.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdkiTXx4qY5T-ehd6jn0cydd0RwaQWBRJbB7S8_V8fV_zHofkjIwQcci5HgnS-toJ-kFxSO-WhoQXu9hqZwjwqFzkmF4b7fVy9DP0FZXvvL5aYzcVP0B6lFVXk62CIymMvmOc0ecw?key=iZMKip5wCxAhnENlK0geY9HH\" alt=\"Vitalik Buterin 'adopts' a dwarf hippopotamus\" style=\"width:557px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Plan for the expansion of Khao Kheow Zoo exhibitions. Source: X.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI am delighted to accept your invitation to become Moo Deng&#8217;s adoptive father as she grows, and to donate at least 10 million baht to the zoo,\u201d Buterin wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Ethereum founder described his donation as a \u201cChristmas gift for one of Thailand&#8217;s most unexpected and important celebrities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the programmer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1842522038923338205\">received<\/a> over 60 billion Moodeng meme tokens from community members. In October, he sold about 21 billion tokens and donated part of the proceeds to charity.<\/p>\n<p>Back in late October, Vitalik Buterin donated 400 ETH to four Ukrainian humanitarian non-profit organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has donated 10 million Thai baht (~$300,000) to the Khao Kheow Zoo, home to the internet meme star\u2014a dwarf hippopotamus named Moo Deng. Thank you Vitalik Buterin @VitalikButerin for joining the Wildlife Sponsorship Program and adopting Moo Deng with a generous gift of 10,000,000 THB for her family! We look forward [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[306,1161,200],"class_list":["post-19916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-charity","tag-memes","tag-vitalik-buterin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"117","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}