{"id":16637,"date":"2022-01-17T20:22:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=16637"},"modified":"2022-01-17T20:22:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:22:58","slug":"the-kingdom-of-tonga-accepts-bitcoin-donations-to-aid-relief-efforts-amidst-the-tsunami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/the-kingdom-of-tonga-accepts-bitcoin-donations-to-aid-relief-efforts-amidst-the-tsunami\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kingdom of Tonga accepts Bitcoin donations to aid relief efforts amidst the tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Just a few days after it was revealed by Lord Fusitu'a that the country might accept Bitcoin as a national currency<\/a> later in the year, Tonga is now accepting Bitcoin donations to aid with relief efforts as the country faces a tsunami.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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The Kingdom of Tonga was rocked by a huge volcanic eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> on Friday. After the first eruption, more erupted, threatening the residents of Tongatapu, Tonga's biggest island, with a tsunami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the obstacles, crypto enthusiasts expressed their condolences and pledged to donate Bitcoin (BTC) to aid relief efforts. Onair Blair, a Twitter user, requested Lord Fusitu'a, a Bitcoin supporter and former Tongan MP, to create a wallet address where people can send Bitcoin to Tonga's relief money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People began fleeing to higher ground as waves of up to 1.2 meters (nearly 4 feet) covered highways and houses. There have been no recorded casualties as of this writing. Contamination of the air and water,<\/a> on the other hand, is now one of the most pressing problems for humanitarian agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord Fusitu'a responded with a Bitcoin wallet address and a link to a page where individuals can send money to aid relief efforts. Since Sunday, the address has received a total of 0.10794983 BTC ($4,625.29).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin mining using geothermal energy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lord Fusitu'a told Cointelegraph on Friday that the country's finances would benefit from using geothermal energy from the volcanoes to fuel Bitcoin mining activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord Fusitu'a claims that the country's 21 volcanoes “each produce 95,000 megawatts at all times, leaving more to spare.” The Lord stated that a single volcano can produce $2,000 in Bitcoin each day, which will be distributed to Tongan families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the former congressman, the country is planning to follow El Salvador's<\/a> lead and make Bitcoin legal tender. Lord Fusitu'a suggested this may happen as early as November or December this year in a series of tweets released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just a few days after it was revealed by Lord Fusitu’a that the country might accept Bitcoin as a national currency later in the year, Tonga is now accepting Bitcoin donations to aid with relief efforts as the country faces a tsunami. The Kingdom of Tonga was rocked by a huge volcanic eruption of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":16643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,21],"tags":[5371,5861,6645,6643,6528,6644,6642],"class_list":["post-16637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news","category-news","tag-bitcoin-2","tag-donations-2","tag-geothermal-energy","tag-relief","tag-tonga","tag-tsunami","tag-volcano-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-107.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}