🌪️ Bitcoin Donations for Hurricane Victims

On April 29, 2011, the first-ever bitcoin fundraising campaign for disaster relief was launched. PLATO, a bitcoiner traveling from the U.S. East Coast to the West, was near Montgomery, Alabama, when a devastating storm struck. He started a bitcoin fundraiser, ultimately collecting 41.75 BTC. A month later, Bitcoin’s price had surged nearly 15x. 1 BTC = $2.21