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The cryptocurrency market is undergoing a period of rapid development; its capitalization fluctuates in the range of $0.3-0.8 trillion with a strong upward trend. An increasing number of individuals and institutional investors are placing their money in these  new financial instruments. In early April 2018, the head of the IMF Christine Lagarde said that cryptoassets could change the consumer’s approach to savings, investments and settlements. She believes that cryptocurrencies will make transactions faster and less expensive, while the core blockchain technology has the potential to reinforce the overall security of the financial markets.


The interest in cryptocurrencies in no longer the preserve of a select few fintech specialists. Tokens that can demonstrate clear and coherent benefits for their owners will almost certainly see rapid growth. For example, Binancecoin broke into the list of the top 20 cryptocurrencies, with a capitalization of over $1.5 billion, simply by offering its users a 50% discount on Binance exchange fees, one of the most prominent cryptoexchanges.

Problem
Despite the rise of new mechanisms for donating, the charity industry still cannot overcome its main obstacle — a lack of trust. Donors, most of whom are private individuals, simply lack the means to verify whether their funds have reached the addressee in full and in the required timeframe, even if they transfer the money with the help of specialized organizations. According to various sources, about 20% (or more) of all donated funds end up being kept as administrative expenses by charity foundations.

Many are faced with the complexity of cross-border payments (when one wants to help a foreign recipient) and later, potential difficulties with regulatory bodies. In addition, donors are forced to spend a part of their well-intentioned contribution on covering the operational costs of the transaction.

Solution
The distributed ledger technology, which is designed to put an end to the middleman, gets rid of the long charity chain composed of banks, NGOs, state bodies and law firms. Blockchain provides a digital mechanism for recording and viewing any transaction. It is important that the record cannot be hacked or modified. Blockchain solves the trust issue by providing transparency, traceability and security.

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Importantly, the new technology facilitates the development of direct financing platforms on a much larger scale. Philanthropists themselves can ultimately benefit from automated smart contracts as the recipients of grants will only be able to use their funds after meeting mandatory conditions.

All the many advantages that blockchain delivers will spur the growth of the charity industry. This new technology is already being studied by major market players such as UNICEF, the World Bank and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Over the past few years, a number of respected charitable organizations such as the Red Cross, Save the Children and United Way, among others, have already begun accepting donations in cryptocurrencies.

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Charitable projects, both private initiatives and foundations, enter the details in the Humancoin platform. They complete a standard form at the initial stage. In the future, Humancoin plans to conduct a forensic audit with the help of specialized financial and legal teams. Contributions can be anonymous or, conversely, if the donor so wishes, can be made public.

The donor will be able to select a project on the platform and transfer money in their choice of currency. For example, after seeing a news report about an earthquake, the user can promptly send money to the victims of this earthquake. To do this, he will need to adjust the filters to find a suitable project. One of the functions of the Humancoin ecosystem is to unite those who are engaged in charitable activities, hence the platform will support all the major languages.  A messenger is planned to be incorporated into the platform in order to develop the Humancoin community and give the participants the opportunity

to communicate with each other. This direct communication will further guarantee the transparency of the system: donors and recipients will be able to share information about the status of various charity projects.

Both the web and mobile interface of the Humancoin platform will be equipped with online status tracking of all the projects currently accepting donations, as well displaying the user's own transactions. Data from the Humancoin platform falls into the Ethereum blockchain. The blockchain technology guarantees that any data entered into the system will be stored there without any chance for it to be modified in any way.



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