A Minnesota nonprofit called Spare Key, (which we featured earlier this week) has hired Roerick Sweeney as Director of Crypto currency Development, Markets and Social Engagement. Spare Key may be the first charity in the nation to hire someone specifically for the purpose of taking advantage of the emerging new crypto currency economy. “Since late last year Roerick has been ...
Read More »Cryptocurrency that Cares – Aaron Williams
This is an ongoing series of interviews about nonprofits and digital currency. This week we talk to Aaron Williams. He’s a prominent Bitcoin expert and the CEO of Atlanta Bitcoin. Atlanta Bitcoin, Atlanta’s only Bitcoin ATM operator, is on the leading edge of Bitcoin Technology, and Regulatory Compliance for the state of Georgia. Here’s what he thinks about nonprofits taking Bitcoin. ...
Read More »Cryptocurrency that Cares – The Reddit POV
This is part of my ongoing series about Digital Currencies. This is my interview with Victoria Taylor who is the Director of Comms for Reddit. She covers one of our favorite types of digital currencies which is Dogecoin. Enjoy! And ping her with question on Twitter @happysquid. Explain why the Dogecoin community is so friendly towards causes? Dogecoin is an ...
Read More »Cryptocurrency that Cares – Interview with The Tor Project
This is part of my ongoing series about Digital Currencies. This is my interview with Andrew Lewman who is the Executive Director of Project Tor. It’s short and very direct. And we wouldn’t expect anything else from someone who advocates for “an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and ...
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