Lena Dzuba is six years old, lives with her single mother in an apartment in Belarus, and is disabled. Recently, the elevator Lena uses every day to get up to her home on the fifth floor broke, making life extremely difficult. Belarusian law allows citizens to petition the government with particular concerns and needs, but raising awareness and support is not easy, nor is it cheap. Lena’s mom is willing to put in the work, but she doesn’t have the money to make a petition a reality. Without it, the elevator remains broken.
Stories like Lena and her mom’s are all too common around the world. Unfortunately, there is no way that every government across the globe can help every citizen like they need to be helped. This leaves people like Lena’s mother at the mercy of a few government officials who also suffer from the information inundation. They’re numb, just like you and me. But now there is a way you can help.
One month ago I wrote about a company called ACT — a social accountability platform built on the Ethereum blockchain that will revolutionize the way humans help each other. Over the past month, they’ve made enormous progress, and are on their way to success.
A social platform for social causes, ACT lets you support issues you care about. Finally, we can put our money where our mouth is, instead of just tweeting or changing our Facebook profile pictures. By giving monetary value to votes, and by using a strict vetting process to ensure requests for help are valid, the ACT platform is another amazing way the blockchain community is removing the middleman from aid.
The ACT platform has learned from recent initial coin offerings (ICOs) trouble, and understands that generally only a select few people get to participate. Because of this, they are making an effort to extend and simplify the ICO process. They even plan to create walk-through videos for every step, so that you can participate no matter how familiar you are with ICos. Get all the facts here.
The ACT team is committed to transparency and to helping its community members throughout the entire process. Meet all the players here, and be sure to watch the in-depth video explaining the future of the program.
All of the calculations and valuations are available for the general public to examine before, during, and after the ICO. Further, ACT has generously offered to walk you through everything in person, should you desire. You can sign up for a walkthrough here.
ACT is partnering with WINGS (who helped forecast the price of Bancor, one of the most successful ICOs to date) and with Draglet to ensure a smooth and transparent ICO process. With a presumed initial valuation of just $0.00133939, this is one company you’re going to want to support.
In the midst of the deluge of ICOs that the Ethereum network has experienced recently, it can be difficult to know which ones will have a lasting impact. I believe that ACT has the potential to make a real difference in the real world and deserves your support. Keep an eye on their Medium page, and sign up for email updates!
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If you’d like to prepare to support ACT’s ICO, the easiest way is to buy ETH through Coinbase. Check out this link — it’s my referral link — and get started now!
