Lifeboat Foundation Enters 21st Century
While the Lifeboat Foundation was founded in the 21st century, until
recently it was mainly funded using 20th century money, basically
various types of monies backed by governments. Thanks to the
encouragement of some of our larger donors we are now working to have
the majority of our funding come from 21st century money — money backed
not by governments but by algorithms. The 21st century money Lifeboat is
currently focused on is bitcoins.
Our Brian Cartmell will match the next 500 bitcoins donated. Learn about
our growing bitcoin endowment fund (worth almost $40,000) at
https://lifeboat.com/ex/bitcoins
Bitcoin Magazine
Bitcoin Magazine is now an official partner of the Lifeboat Foundation. Learn about them at http://bitcoinmagazine.com/
Advisory Board
Jon Matonis, Editor of The Monetary Future, joins our Economics Board. Among his many positions, he serves on the Board of Directors for the
Bitcoin Foundation. Read his bio at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.jon.matonis
Charlie Shrem, CEO at BitInstant, joins our Economics Board. By
providing numerous bridges between the payment providers and exchanges,
BitInstant has built its own core position in the new global bitcoin
economy. Read his bio at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.charlie.shrem
Luis R. Saraiva is the winner of our Facebook contest! He gets an
autographed copy of "Darkship Renegades", sequel to the Prometheus Award
winning "Darkship Thieves".
Learn about "Darkship Renegades" at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/145163...51638523
Anyone who posts in our Facebook group at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifeboatfoundation by April 30, 2013
will be entered into a contest to win a signed copy of the new — just
out — "A Few Good Men", by Prometheus Award winning author Sarah A. Hoyt.
Learn about "A Few Good Men" at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/145163...found-20
Learn about Sarah at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.sarah.a.hoyt
Blog
Read "Human Brain Mapping & Simulation Projects: America Wants Some, Too?" by Reno J. Tibke at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2013/03/human-...some-too
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
Brian Cartmell: $32,735,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Anonymous: $52.85,
J. Broadbent: $25,
Erwin Franzen: $25,
Elina Hiltunen: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Roy Mitsuoka: $25,
James Bracken: $10,
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Thomas Dolphin: $10,
Charles Hawk: $10,
Alexander Macrae: $10,
Aaron Mayzes: $10,
Philip Morehead: $10,
Roland Schiefer: $10,
Benjamin T. Solomon: $10,
and Ryan Witt: $10.
Our Join Us page at https://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to
pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.
