{"id":41414,"date":"2021-04-26T15:08:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T12:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=41414"},"modified":"2025-08-30T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T15:40:41","slug":"vitalik-buterin-donates-over-600000-to-covid-19-relief-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/vitalik-buterin-donates-over-600000-to-covid-19-relief-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin donates over $600,000 to COVID-19 relief fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated 100 ETH and 100 MKR for a total of over $600,000 to a COVID-19 relief fund in India.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks for organizing this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sandeepnailwal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sandeepnailwal<\/a> and thanks a lot for pointing this out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/balajis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@balajis<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2PBOQKYuZq\">https:\/\/t.co\/2PBOQKYuZq<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uOzQ15sZnL\">https:\/\/t.co\/uOzQ15sZnL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/1386024429629558784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The fundraising campaign was launched by Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwal. He urged the global crypto community to help India in the fight against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can\u2019t take this sitting down anymore, I am going to run a Covid relief campaign in lieu of what\u2019s going on in India. <\/p>\n<p>Need help from the Global crypto community.<\/p>\n<p>I will take full responsibility for transparency, funds usage and regulatory compliance<\/p>\n<p>If you want to donate.. 1\/n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sandeep \u2014 Polygon(prev Matic Network) (@sandeepnailwal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sandeepnailwal\/status\/1385968552679727113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nailwal also pledged full transparency of the funds, regulatory compliance, and expense reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Following Buterin, the former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan joined the campaign. He transferred 21.7463 ETH (almost $55,000 at the time of writing).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s the first $50k in ETH for COVID relief in India.<\/p>\n<p>An important feature of crypto is that it enables fast, transparent humanitarian donations from around the world. You can see the donation on-chain here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RRFsfYQe6y\">https:\/\/t.co\/RRFsfYQe6y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 balajis.com (@balajis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/balajis\/status\/1386300695653937155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>But if all you have is Twitter, help spread the word. For every RT, I\u2019ll donate another $50 to fight COVID in India, up to $100k. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cryptovscovid?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cryptovscovid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eKlOlccelv\">https:\/\/t.co\/eKlOlccelv<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you\u2019ve been fortunate enough to do well this year, consider joining me and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VitalikButerin<\/a> by donating at the addresses below.<\/p>\n<p>But if all you have is Twitter, help spread the word. For every RT, I\u2019ll donate another $50 to fight COVID in India, up to $100k. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cryptovscovid?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cryptovscovid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eKlOlccelv\">https:\/\/t.co\/eKlOlccelv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 balajis.com (@balajis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/balajis\/status\/1386288771872673793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In March, Buterin stated that NFTs <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/vitalik-buterin-sees-potential-for-nfts-to-become-a-public-good\">may find application in philanthropy and funding for public goods<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the largest hospital on the Cape Cod peninsula in Massachusetts <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-hospital-receives-800000-in-bitcoin-donations\">received about $800,000 in the first cryptocurrency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the children\u2019s charity Songs of Love <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/in-the-united-states-a-bitcoin-superhero-is-created-to-boost-crypto-donations-for-sick-children\">created a superhero Billy Bitcoin<\/a> to boost interest in donations in digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news in our Telegram \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated 100 ETH and 100 MKR for a total of over $600,000 to a COVID-19 relief fund in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[306,1863,278,200],"class_list":["post-41414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-charity","tag-coronavirus","tag-india","tag-vitalik-buterin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41414","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=41414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41416,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41414\/revisions\/41416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}