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A rabbit hole inside of a rabbit hole inside of a rabbit hole

This is how our featured tipper this week, Daniel Modell (@dMnyc), NYC-based creative director and interactive designer, described Bitcoin. 

Daniel first took an interest in Bitcoin sometime in mid-2013 when he had been casually following news about Wikileaks. As their traditional donation streams had been cut off, their supporters were using bitcoin to circumvent the financial blockade.  But it was not until mid-December 2013 when he watched a YouTube video of a talk by Andreas Antonopoulos at the Athens Disrupt conference that he realized he should be taking Bitcoin seriously.

He first learned about tipping when he began casually following Dogecoin. He saw that the users were really generous with their tokens, notwithstanding the fact that they had very little actual value.

"I often wonder if, in a few years people will discover that the 10¢ to $1 tips they are receiving on Twitter and other social media sites that they had forgotten about are suddenly worth substantially more. What would someone think if a $1 tip received in 2014 is worth $1000 in 2018?"

Most Creative Uses of Bitcoin "Bitcoin itself is an extraordinarily creative way to move money, and most people in the world haven't really taken a first, let alone a second look at it."

"Ultimately, though, I think the most creative use for bitcoin will be its potential to provide self-determination and empowerment to the billions of people around the world who currently have limited or no access to banking and financial services."

"There is an opportunity for micro-commerce on a scale that is unimaginable today. There are companies that are currently planning to deploy satellite and balloon-based internet service, which could bring the Internet within reach of nearly every person on the planet. I can't wait to see what the world will look like in 2025 when, hopefully, the Bitcoin economy is as firmly established as the Internet is today." How Daniel Uses ChangeTip Right now, Daniel supports myriad homeless people with coffees he buys using bitcoin, and as we speak, he is collecting money to buy a tablet for his friend Chernoh, who lives in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Daniel is an incredible part of our community, and I hope you'll get to know him and learn about him and his work, too.  3 Ways to Support Daniel Tip Daniel to support his work here Follow Daniel on Twitter here To support Daniel's mission, I will be forwarding all of my incoming tips to him for 24 hours.   Thanks, Daniel, for everything you do! You rock.  -Victoria

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I can't believe these people use @changetip.

I am so excited about these three people getting more entrenched into the bitcoin community. 

1. Joe Rogan Welcome, finally, to epic podcaster and UFC fighter Joe Rogan. His podcast with my longtime bitcoin nerdcrush Andreas Antonopoulos pushed me into Bitcoin.  Hearing Andreas (another ChangeTipper) speak to Joe in basic, accessible, FUN terms sold me on bitcoin, and I feel like those podasts (3 of them now) help many understand Bitcoin.  Joe Rogan + Bitcoin = win. Lately, my pal David Seaman (whom I met during my bitcoin journeys this past year) told Joe all about this ChangeTip thing he had been seeing on his Twitter page and, IMO, was the push to get Joe involved.  

Why he’s important:  Apart from being open-minded and forward thinking, Joe’s fascination with and move into bitcoin is really awesome to watch.  Although he defended advertisements, (so people don’t ‘own him’… except … for the advertisers ;)) I know he will see the joint power of Bitcoin + tipping and make some big moves in his business as a result.  Tip Joe Rogan over Twitter and urge him to keep donating to great causes.  Tip David Seaman for repping the @changetip epicness to Joe and on his show.

2. Shooter Jennings Music artist, producer, arcade gamer and partier Shooter Jennings is also a bitcoin lover. Jennings became infatuated with Bitcoin during his honeymoon in 2013. Jennings believes Bitcoin changed his life by giving him a purpose he has never had before:

"When I wrapped my head around it, I finally said to myself ‘Here is something that I GET and that I feel like I can contribute to. I really believe bitcoin, and more specifically the blockchain, will save the music industry by restoring the value of an album as a permanent mark in history."

He can’t wait for the tide to change, and for the arts to “benefit from decentralization and fair currency practice,” noting that Spotify’s days are numbered :)

Why he’s important: He’s not just passionate about Bitcoin, he actually puts his money where his mouth is — by both running a full node on his Linux server, and encouraging adoption by tipping people for value. Jennings tips people on Twitter with ChangeTip, noting that it’s “a brilliant way to value the information [he] receive[s], and reward the source.” He also considers tipping the way that Bitcoin will go mainstream. We hope so, too. 

3. Stacy Herbert Power woman Stacy Hebert tells it like it is and doesn’t let evil people get away with their BS.

Best known for her part on the Max Keiser show, Stacy knows the power of Bitcoin in moving us away from the current fiat system in place:

"We are entering a new paradigm or a new era of absolute truth. Absolute beauty. Absoulte aesthetic recognition of the absolute enature of our absolute beings. In terms of our conniption to those forces that drive the cosmos.

"HSBC chairman suggesting that banker bashing is finished? Yeah right. Banks don’t comply with the law. They haven’t made an allegiance to obey the law. They pay minimal fines as a small percentage of the money they are pilfering form the public domain."

"They can pay a trillion, they can pay whatever, but we don’t care. We have broken with them. The world has moved on.  No body trust them.” 

Max Keiser (also a ChangeTipper) is also rad, but Stacy’s sass gets me every time. 

And now, she accepts TIPS.  Go on and show some love to these epic, epic individuals.

This is how it starts, everyone.

This is how it starts!

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#TopTipper: Osiris Reid

I met Osiris over Twitter a few weeks ago, when I noticed how happy and active he was and I reached out. We have been talking every day since. He's such a positive person, so I reached out to him in an effort to start profiling members of our quickly growing community. He happily agreed.

Osiris was born May 28th, 1991, in Tallahassee, Florida, where he was raised by his mother. Born with a hearing impairment, Osiris remembers feeling blocked from a lot of opportunities as a young man. He spent sometime thinking about his purpose and his goals on earth, and decided that his passion was art, and his goal was to become an architectural designer. "My friends and family helped me to get through [my impairment] and understand the science of life and our purpose on earth," he says. "I dream to bring great changes throughout the community."

Osiris first heard about bitcoin and social tipping from his older brother, who introduced him to cryptocurrencies. Like many btcnewbies, he initially considered Bitcoin fraudulent...until he realized the power of social tipping.

"[I] witnessed tipping on Facebook and Twitter... and how easy it was to make a transaction through cyberspace using computer-generated activities," he says. "It caught my full attention and I took the time to dig in, researched non-stop... and all of a sudden, my mind popped!"

After receiving his first ChangeTip, Osiris' inspiration grew, and "the willingness to make a difference became a priority."

Like many in the community, Osiris sees bitcoin as a way to change the world:

"[Bitcoin is important because this is actually the key to many blocked doors to help improves lives. Think of the 600,000 villages in India with little to no access to banks, credit/debit cards, ATMs, loans, etc... ChangeTip can change all of that giving by them an abundance of new opportunities.  This is important, because cryto-currencies work without the use of any bank info, have extremely low fees when sending or receiving money, and have no monthly costs to keep an account... It goes directly to the person you sent it to, which is highly MAGNIFICENT!"

Osiris loves to paint.  And he's uber-talented.  Check out his art!

To chat with Osiris, reach out via Twitter @IAmOsiris3  I would love to see him paint a MURAL for ChangeTip! What do you guys think? Or maybe send us a piece of art for our office? I've started him off with $25... feel free to join in and let's get him painting something rad!

http://iamOsiris3.tip.me

I like learning about people involved in our growing ChangeTip community.  If you want to be profiled, know someone who does, or want to suggest someone who should be profiled, don't hesitate to reach out.  Always open to your suggestions. 

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