{"id":581,"date":"2020-04-06T13:22:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T13:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/?p=581"},"modified":"2020-04-06T14:39:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:39:16","slug":"how-bitcoin-community-helps-italy-during-coronavirus-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/2020\/04\/06\/how-bitcoin-community-helps-italy-during-coronavirus-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"How Bitcoin community helps Italy during coronavirus emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rome, April 6, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday the second level Advanced Medical Post for pre-triage was set up in Castel Gandolfo by Italian Red Cross &#8211; Colli Albani Committee. The AMP was purchased using the bitcoin donations raised thanks to Helperbit platform and, in a short time, it was delivered and deployed.<\/p>\n<p>On March 12, Colli Albani Committee launched a bitcoin fundraising campaign focused on COVID-19 emergency in Italy. This was the first initiative in cryptocurrency sector and this led to media attention and international visibility. The first target of \u20ac 10,000 in BTC was achieved in just three days; it was possible to quickly exchange the raised money in Euro and purchase the material needed to build the AMP, which is already functioning at the time of writing. The fees of the procedures, from the initial donations until the purchase, are worth 0.55%.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is running and the second target of \u20ac 25,000 in BTC is almost reached.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Pietrosanti, President at Colli Albani Committee, said: \u201cWith great pleasure, we reached the first main milestone of our fundraising. We are happy to have turned the received donations into a tangible aid and we are excited to have received so much help from the Bitcoin community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Guido Baroncini Turricchia, CEO at Helperbit, commented: \u201cWhen Colli Albani Committee sent me photos of the tent, a gift granted by the solidarity of the Bitcoin community, I was excited. The efforts of Helperbit, jointly with Bitcoin donors, are now saving lives and helping to protect first responders on the front line. Those people, that\u00a0in the silence of their home donated to the project, must be proud to be part of this charitable initiative. Bitcoin confirmed to be a powerful tool, a technology that allows to deliver direct and fast international aid during calamities, increasing also the transparency level. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fundraising project created by Colli Albani Committee: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/app.helperbit.com\/project\/5e6a64ee84cb8662d901a29c\/covid19-posto-medico-avanzato-per-pretriage\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/app.helperbit.com\/project\/5e6a64ee84cb8662d901a29c\/covid19-posto-medico-avanzato-per-pretriage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-587 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/91857258_3031196333611293_3188825583043739648_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"572\" \/>The QR code, which shows the Bitcoin address managed by Colli Albani Committee<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-588 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"859\" height=\"483\" \/>The Italian Red Cross &#8211; Colli Albani team during the event in Castel Gandolfo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helperbit:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guido Baroncini Turricchia (CEO)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/app.helperbit.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/app.helperbit.com<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:info@helperbit.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@helperbit.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rome, April 6, 2020 Yesterday the second level Advanced Medical Post for pre-triage was set up in Castel Gandolfo by Italian Red Cross &#8211; Colli Albani Committee. The AMP was purchased using the bitcoin donations raised thanks to Helperbit platform and, in a short time, it was delivered and deployed. On March 12, Colli Albani <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/2020\/04\/06\/how-bitcoin-community-helps-italy-during-coronavirus-emergency\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[14],"tags":[160,22,161,119,92,159],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":604,"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions\/604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.helperbit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}