Merry Merkle is an annual #ethereum tradition. This year, we're in Africa, helping build a school. We respond only to love, Toto, and #ShatnerHODL jokes.
The list goes on and on and on.
#MerryMerkle is a force few are yet to full understand. But they will.
Remember: we did this in a crazy, depressed, scared bear market. We will return in 12 months with multi-collateral dai from @MakerDAO and even more @ethstatus mobile love!
It's time to say goodbye for 2018:
https://t.co/52HiGcKrix
R113,135 raised - 24 kid's school fees (@0xProject, @metamask_io, @ChainSafeth)
New High School class built
2.5ETH raised via @SuperRare_co tokenization of school art
@Blockgks subscriptions for the whole community
@nanexcool@Blockgks@metamask_io@ChainSafeth@0xProject @richatmakerdao Haha, we see that @richatmakerdao is still successfully trolling you ;)
But sure, we can make an exception for you (the fiat payment is scheduled for Monday next week, so that is the absolute cut off)
We're incredibly thankful to all the help we've received this year! We are sorting final exchange and transfer details currently and will post a real vote of thanks to people like @Blockgks@metamask_io@ChainSafeth@0xProject@nanexcool @richatmakerdao etc as soon as we can!
One last thanks to the man himself, @robbiebent1, both for starting Merry Merkle, and for being so committed to this year's auction of @angels_african artwork! You are the new owner, brother, and we love you always β€οΈπ¦
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@robbiebent1@SuperRare_co The now-famous charity troll @richatmakerdao seems to have outbid you currently @robbiebent1 π
Gonna have to fight harder for that #MerryMerkle goodness! Maybe you can team up with @nanexcool to exact revenge?
Kicked off the bidding with 1 ETH -- Looking forward to owning my first tokenized art piece! @SuperRare_co - love the interface. @MerkleMerry .. is my favourite thing in crypto!
We made it to R102,770!! That's enough to pay the school fees of 20 children - i.e. the whole high school class for next year, or to cover ALL the costs of educating 4 children for a whole year β€οΈπ¦
We cannot thank the #Ethereum community enough. #MerryMerkle strikes again! π οΈ
Big love to Rob Culliton: one of the fated, fearless 9 volunteers.
"I came to view it as the ultimate test of whether we're organising ourselves any better than prior generations [...] I've never been a part of anything else like it."
https://t.co/KxZvvPAqkc
Very grateful for being able to join @MerkleMerry South Africa, meet the kids at @angels_african independent school, and learn about their hopes & dreams. Puts everything else into perspective.
Read more about our trip: https://t.co/INdUeNTDYv
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A #MerryMerkle Christmas to you all! Thank you so much to everyone who has so willingly given of their time & resources to this year's campaign π
We are R580.34 away from reaching our goal of R100 000 - so take 1 moment on your Christmas day if you can to help us home!
As our resident banker @BooYah2 notes, school fees are only R4800 p.a. but with salaries, operating costs etc, the cost to educate 1 child p.a. is around R26000 atm, so @0xProject just paid in full for 1.3 children for a year, or covered the fees for 8 (EIGHT!!!) children β€οΈπ
Woke up this morning to a mind-blowing 14 ETH donation from @0xProject - seems like they're making a habit of it @danfinlay π We are truly humbled by such generosity, especially as ETH begins to run again! π¦
That 1 donation is enough for 1 child for a whole school year!!
Classy move, @ChainSafeth! Youβve unseated us fairly. It looks like nobody else has more holiday cheer or deserves the top of @MerkleMerry more... ending soon...