Relay Lightning Torch completed. Bitcoins donated to the humanitarian initiative Bitcoin for Venezuela

Launched in January, the promotion Lightning Torch is officially completed. All bitcoins collected during its course (0.4108021 BTC) were donated to the Bitcoin for Venezuela humanitarian initiative.

About this wrote in her Twitter charitable organization Bitcoin Venezuela.

We've received the #LightningTorch donations from the @tallyco_in campaign run by @hodlonaut for a total ₿0.4108021 BTC

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Amazing what the BFVI #BitcoinTwitter community has accomplished for our humanitarian aid project

Thanks to all who has helped #Venezuela ??

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– Bitcoin Venezuela ⚡️ (@btcven) April 11, 2019

As part of a humanitarian initiative being implemented, Bitcoin Venezuela representatives during the recent massive power outages in this South American country distributed food to those in need.

Another Bitcoin Venezuela project is being carried out in partnership with the Locha Mesh Network and offers the opportunity to personally create low-cost opensource devices that support decentralized and censorship-resistant networks. Using these networks, users can support secure communication, as well as send and receive bitcoin transactions without access to the Internet.

Recall, the global action Lightning Torch was coordinated through the social network Twitter and was organized on the principle of the Olympic torch relay – to the initial payment of 100,000 satoshi (0.001 BTC) each new participant added 10,000 satoshi by challenging the next user. The purpose of the experiment was to demonstrate the capabilities of the second level protocol of the Lightning Network.

The campaign lasted 83 days, was attended by users from 56 countries, who together made 293 Lightning-payments.

Among those who broadcast Lightning Torch, you can name such well-known community representatives as Pierre Roshard, Jack Mullers, Nicolas Dorier ( BTCPayServer ), Bitrefill team, Anthony Pompiano , Andreas Antonopoulos , Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey , Elizabeth Stark, Samson Mou , Ricardo Spagni , Alena Vranova , WhalePanda , Giacomo Zucco , CEO of Binance Changpen Zhao , Tron founder Justin San , Eric Vorges , Charlie Shrem , Adam Beck , mining pool Slush Pool , Peter Velle , Fidelity Digital Assets and even Miss Finland Rosa Maria Ryuti.

Unfortunately, the initiator of this unique experiment, a Hodlonaut user, has recently been forced to deactivate his Twitter account . This happened after the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright threatened him with a lawsuit for distributing "inaccurate and discrediting his name and dignity information", and some supporters of the Australian laid out in the public access personal information of the user.

On Friday evening, the head of Lightning Labs, Elizabeth Stark, announced the launch of a crowdfunding fundraising campaign to help Hodlonaut in a possible legal battle with Craig Wright.

Announcing a crowding campaign to help @hodlonaut defend against unfounded legal attacks. Any remaining funds will be donated to @btcven . Please spread the word and donate! https://t.co/X95BoQbO8D

In the bitcoin community we stand up for each other. #WeAreAllHodlonaut pic.twitter.com/jD6hmAMJUv

– elizabeth stark (@starkness) April 12, 2019

All unspent funds, noted Elizabeth Stark, will also be listed in favor of Bitcoin Venezuela.

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