🚨 While many projects only make promises, the #AWF community has already delivered real-world impact.
Inspired by the spirit of giving encouraged by @VitalikButerin, the AWF community came together and turned a simple memecoin into a global movement supporting animal welfare.
✅ Hundreds of ETH directed toward charitable causes.
✅ Donations continued even during market downturns.
✅ An active, transparent, and mission-driven community.
✅ Ongoing support for animal welfare and protection initiatives.
What makes AWF unique is that these achievements were driven by a decentralized community committed to making a difference beyond price action and speculation.
Today, AWF’s market cap does not reflect the impact that has already been created. Those who follow the project understand that its true value comes from its community, transparency, and purpose.
If you believe blockchain can be a force for good in the real world, AWF is a project worth paying attention to.
#AWF #AnimalWelfareFund #CryptoForGood #EffectiveAltruism #Ethereum #Memecoin #AnimalWelfare
@VitalikButerin@EffectvAltruism@GiveWell@AnimalCharityEv@ethereum@AWF_ETHCTO
We are also building and contributing to the Ethereum ecosystem. Our community has a clear mission: supporting animal welfare through real and transparent donations. We continue to grow, strengthen our community, and turn part of that growth into positive impact for animals in need. 🐾❤️ #Ethereum #AWF #AnimalWelfare #CryptoForGood
We didn’t come together by accident.
This community was formed because of a shared belief — a belief in using crypto for good, inspired by the vision of Ethereum and the ideas consistently advocated by @VitalikButerin .
That belief is what brought us here. And it’s also what keeps us here today.
Over time, our community — now more than 1,900 members across 100+ countries — collectively contributed over 280 ETH. This was not a small decision. It reflects trust, conviction, and a genuine desire to create real-world impact.
We chose to support the process led by Effective Altruism (@EffectvAltruism ) organizations because we recognize and respect the important work they do. The principles of careful evaluation, due diligence, and maximizing impact are exactly why many of us believed this was the right path.
We understand that organizations like Effective Altruism operate with a high level of responsibility, and that due diligence takes time. We respect that process, and we continue to support it.
At the same time, as time passes without communication, uncertainty naturally begins to grow within the community.
Many members are now asking simple, reasonable questions:
Where are the funds currently held?
What stage has the due diligence reached?
What are the expected next steps?
These are not accusations — they come from a place of trust and responsibility.
We are not here to criticize Effective Altruism. On the contrary, we believe in its mission and appreciate the effort and care that goes into making impactful decisions.
But transparency and communication are essential, especially when a global community has come together in good faith.
Without updates, even strong belief can begin to weaken.
We are still here. We have not stepped away. And we genuinely want this initiative to succeed.
A simple update — any form of communication — would go a long way in maintaining trust and keeping this community united.
We also hope that @VitalikButerin , whose vision inspired many of us to take this step, might be aware of the current situation and, if possible, help bring some attention to it.
Because this is not just about the funds.
It’s about trust.
It’s about accountability.
And it’s about whether decentralized communities can effectively coordinate to do good in the real world.
We remain committed.
And we hope to continue forward — together, with clarity.
@Lewis_Bollard@AWF_ETHCTO@willmacaskill
We are not asking for favors.
We are asking for recognition of measurable impact.
A community of volunteers came together around a simple idea: use crypto to create real-world impact for animal welfare. Since then, AWF supporters have helped generate more than $600,000 in donations and over 300 ETH directed toward the cause.
The donations were received. The transactions are public. The effort is real.
What remains missing is public acknowledgment, transparency regarding fund deployment, and communication with the people who have dedicated countless hours to making this happen.
Recognition is not about ego. Recognition validates a model that can inspire more communities, attract more donors, and ultimately help more animals.
We have done our part.
Now we respectfully ask those who received the donations to do theirs: provide clarity, accountability, and public confirmation of the impact created.
The community remains united, committed, and working every day.
More transparency.
More recognition.
More impact.
@EffectvAltruism@Lewis_Bollard@VitalikButerin@AWF_ETHCTO
Nobody predicted this.
Not Vitalik.
Not Ethereum.
Not even us.
A donation was made.
A community formed.
People from more than 100 countries showed up.
And somehow animal welfare became one of the most discussed public goods stories in crypto.
Sometimes the most interesting things on Ethereum aren't planned.
They emerge. 🐾
Crypto Doing Real Good – This is the true Vitalik spirit!From a single memecoin $AWF, the community has consistently donated 240+ ETH directly on-chain — irreversible — to the Animal Welfare Fund.
No empty slogans, no fake calls to action — just transparent actions and encrypted kindness. @AWF_ETHCTO@VitalikButerin
is the one who inspired the entire Ethereum ecosystem: building technology so that anyone can do good in a trustless and decentralized way.
2026 is the year Ethereum reclaims self-sovereignty & trustlessness — easier full nodes, stronger privacy, and cypherpunk values coming back stronger than ever.
Vitalik is not just the “father of Ethereum.”
He is a living example of using crypto to solve real-world problems — environment, animal welfare, education, healthcare — without corrupt middlemen.$AWF is doing exactly what Vitalik has always supported:
Effective Altruism + On-chain transparency.Let’s support $AWF together so Vitalik can see that the Ethereum community doesn’t just trade — we actually change the real world.Encrypting goodness. Building the better future.Tag: @VitalikButerin@ethereum@EffectvAltruism
Day 18: Lulu the Kangaroo
Today, we travel to Australia to look back at a unique event that forever reshaped how researchers view the intelligence and deep attachment of marsupials.
In 2003, 52 year old farmer Len Richards was checking his property in Victoria after a severe storm. Suddenly, a massive tree branch snapped and crashed directly onto him, causing a severe head injury. Len lost consciousness and was left bleeding in the dense woods. No one was around except Lulu - a pet kangaroo the Richards family had rescued as a helpless joey years prior.
Realizing her rescuer was in mortal danger, the kangaroo dashed back to the farmhouse. She began frantically pounding her paws against the closed door, making an unbelievable racket. When the farmer’s 17 year old daughter, Celeste, rushed out to investigate, Lulu immediately bolted back toward the thicket, making strange, bark like sounds to guide her. The kangaroo led Celeste straight to the exact spot where her father lay.
Remarkably, an animal wild by nature acted with the precision of a trained rescue dog. Arriving paramedics managed to stabilize Leonard just in time, later confirming that it was a matter of minutes, and without Lulu, the farmer would not have made it. For her incredible bravery, the kangaroo was officially honored with the national Animal Valour Award by the RSPCA.
Loyalty knows no boundaries of species, and sometimes even the most unexpected creature of the wild can become a guardian angel, ready to sound the alarm in our darkest hour.
Recently, we once again observed on-chain activity showing that the foundation has withdrawn an additional 104 ETH, with an estimated value of approximately $200,000 at current prices.
This is not an isolated occurrence.
Over the past period, funds have continued to be moved, yet at the same time, a fundamental question remains unanswered:
Have these donations been officially received and acknowledged? How are they being allocated? Is there any transparent mechanism for reporting their usage?
Our repeated inquiries are not driven by doubt in the mission itself, but by a basic principle of responsibility and trust.
Our community spans over 100 countries with more than 2,000 members, who came together in a short period of time in response to a shared call. Every contribution represents not just a number, but real trust, expectation, and action.
As the total contributions grow and on-chain data continues to show fund movements without communication, this imbalance is gradually eroding confidence within the community.
Transparency is not an additional request — it is the foundation of any initiative involving public donations.
Communication is not a burden — it is the most direct way to sustain trust.
We understand that large organizations may face complex processes and delayed responses. We also recognize that coordinating resources on a global scale is not easy. However, precisely for this reason, even the simplest acknowledgment or basic clarification would make a meaningful difference.
Otherwise, every on-chain transaction raises new questions, and every silence is perceived as distance.
And once distance forms, trust becomes fragile.
At this point, we would also like to respectfully call upon @VitalikButerin to take notice of this situation.
As a central figure in the Ethereum ecosystem, his voice carries significant influence across the global community. It was his vision and call to action that brought many of us together in the first place, enabling this cross-border, grassroots effort.
Therefore, we sincerely ask:
If possible, we hope Vitalik could help amplify this matter — even a simple acknowledgment, a repost, or a brief statement would greatly strengthen community confidence and help encourage transparency and communication.
This is not only a response to the more than 2,000 participants involved, but also a reflection of the principles of decentralized trust itself.
We still believe in the sincerity of this mission. That is why the community continues to persist, to document, and to wait.
But at the same time, we must also be clear:
Goodwill deserves acknowledgment. Trust requires maintenance. Transparency must be established.
Today’s 104 ETH is not just a number — it is a signal that this situation has reached a point where it needs to be addressed.
We will not stop paying attention, and we will not stop speaking up.
Because for us, this is not only about the funds — it is about whether a global community is being truly heard and respected.
@VitalikButerin@EffectvAltruism@Lewis_Bollard@CentreforEA@everydotorg@ethereum@etherum_found
When a Grassroots Crypto Community Donates $600,000 to Animal Welfare — and Nobody Notices
https://t.co/BDEGvO28JN
Over the last few months, something unusual has happened in the Effective Altruism ecosystem.
A small, volunteer-driven crypto community built around the AWF ETH CTO project has collectively directed approximately 300 ETH (roughly $600,000 USD, depending on market prices) toward animal welfare causes. These funds were generated through a novel mechanism: transaction fees from a community-governed cryptocurrency project dedicated to supporting animal welfare.
The concept is simple.
Instead of relying exclusively on traditional fundraising campaigns, the project attempts to transform market activity into charitable giving. As the ecosystem grows, trading activity generates fees, and those fees are directed toward animal welfare funding. In theory, more adoption leads to more donations.
Whether one believes crypto is the future of philanthropy or not, the result deserves attention: hundreds of thousands of dollars have been directed toward helping animals.
Yet despite this achievement, the project has received remarkably little recognition from the broader Effective Altruism community.
Many of the volunteers behind the initiative spend countless hours promoting the cause, educating newcomers, sharing transparency reports, and encouraging responsible participation. Their motivation is not personal profit alone; it is the belief that innovative funding mechanisms can unlock entirely new sources of capital for high-impact charities.
Meanwhile, the animals who benefit from these donations have no voice of their own.
They cannot advocate for funding.
They cannot campaign for attention.
They cannot tell their stories.
So a community of volunteers is trying to do that for them.
The question is not whether every crypto project deserves praise. Most do not.
The question is whether the Effective Altruism movement should pay attention when a community successfully channels significant resources toward one of its own priority causes.
If a grassroots experiment has already generated roughly $600,000 for animal welfare, what might be possible if researchers, fund managers, donors, builders, and community members engaged with it seriously?
Perhaps the project will fail.
Perhaps it will succeed beyond expectations.
But ignoring a potentially scalable source of funding for animal welfare seems inconsistent with a movement dedicated to finding effective ways to do good.
Innovation often begins at the edges.
The AWF ETH CTO community has demonstrated commitment, transparency, and a willingness to experiment with new funding models. At a minimum, that effort deserves discussion.
Animal welfare needs more resources.
The people working on this project believe they have found one possible way to generate them.
Shouldn't we at least be paying attention?
@AWF_ETHCTO
#EffectiveAltruism #AnimalWelfare #AnimalWelfareFund #EAFunds #Ethereum #VitalikButerin #CryptoForGood #PublicGoods #ImpactInvesting #Philanthropy #Giving #AnimalProtection #AWF #AWFETHCTO #CharityInnovation #SocialImpact #CryptoPhilanthropy #DoGoodBetter #DonationTransparency #EthereumCommunity
Great news — the Foundation’s Strategic Director just replied to the community.
This is a really positive sign and should bring us more eyes and support.
Feeling bullish about what’s coming next. Keep building for the animals!
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