Charity-focused organization Venezuela on April 10 that the so-called Lightning Torch had reached its final destination, with all accumulated () donated to the group.
By the time it got to the organization, the Lightning Torch had grown to exactly 0.4108021 , which is currently equivalent to over $2,000.
The Torch is an experiment first initiated by anonymous Twitter user . The Lightning Torch is passed by sending the same from user to user adding a little every time via the scalability solution, Lightning Network (LN).
Venezuela is reportedly responsible for the humanitarian initiative “ for Venezuela,” recently it had given away meals to people in the country during a power outage.
The organization also seemingly partnered with the Locha Mesh Network development . The project aims to develop cheap and open source do-it-yourself devices capable of maintaining an independent, decentralized and censorship-resistant network, allowing its users to communicate securely and send without access to the internet.
The Twitter user who first initiated the Lightning Torch relay has recently become embroiled in a conflict with Craig Wright — the industry figure Satoshi Vision () who is also known for proclaiming himself to be on multiple occasions.
media outlet reported on April 11 that Wright has set a $5,000 bounty in BSV for information regarding the identity of Hodlnaut, after the latter allegedly posted “highly defamatory and abusive tweets” about Wright.
The CEO of major then with a tweet on April 11, saying that if Wright does not change his conduct, delist BSV from its platform.
In February, the Lightning Torch was by co-founder and former exec Reid Hoffman. Before him, co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey also the Torch, as did in crypto and finance.
Published at Sat, 13 Apr 2019 01:17:14 +0000
