Pineapple Fund: why is an anonymous bitcoin millionaire giving away $86m?
by Mattha Busby from Technology | The Guardian on (#3BHW3)
Anonymous benefactor known as Pine bucks global wealth trend with million-dollar donation fund for worthy causes
What would you do if you had $86m? It's a welcome dilemma for some of bitcoin's early adopters thanks to the cryptocurrency's meteoric rise, from less than $1,000 last year to a peak of almost $20,000 in December.
One generous bitcoiner has decided to follow the lead of Bill Gates and establish a philanthropic purse, the Pineapple Fund, because "once you have enough money, money doesn't matter," they say.
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