XCOPY Distributes $100k to Privacy and Digital Rights Organizations
XCOPY Distributes $100k to Privacy and Digital Rights Organizations
🎨 XCOPY's $100k surprise
NFT artist XCOPY has completed a $100,000 allocation, distributing $10,000 each to ten organizations focused on privacy, digital rights, and internet freedom.
Recipients include:
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
- Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
- Tor Project
- Freedom of the Press Foundation
- Access Now
- Open Technology Fund
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
- Zcash Foundation
- Signal
- Internet Archive
The artist thanked the community for their suggestions in selecting these organizations.
Update: allocation completed. $10k each to: @EFF @TheFIREorg @torproject @FreedomofPress @accessnow @OpenTechFund @EPICprivacy @ZcashFoundation @signalapp @internetarchive Thanks for the suggestions 🙏
We’re allocating $100k from the XCOPY Charitable Fund on @endaomentdotorg to nonprofits defending freedom online. So far: $10k → EFF $10k → FIRE $10k → Tor Project ~$70k left. Suggestions welcome 🙏
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XCOPY Charitable Fund Allocates $100k to Digital Freedom Organizations
The XCOPY Charitable Fund on Endaoment is distributing $100,000 to nonprofits focused on defending online freedom. **Allocations so far:** - $10,000 to Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - $10,000 to Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) - $10,000 to Tor Project Approximately $70,000 remains available for distribution. The fund is actively seeking suggestions for additional organizations to support in this initiative.
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