LONDON/BERLIN, Germany, 24 June 2019 — FairPlanet, a global non-profit journalistic platform and organisation, concerned with human rights and the environment, has integrated with SatoshiPay, a blockchain payment provider, to fund content and operations through micro-donations. Visitors can now voluntarily make a donation for any article on the platform or make a general donation for the non-profit organisation to support its impact driven mission.

FairPlanet and SatoshiPay have partnered to bring an easy-to-use and fully integrated, blockchain-based donation solution to the independent nonprofit journalistic website. As one of the first integrators of the SatoshiPay micropayment platform, FairPlanet readers see a donation option at the end of each article or on its general donation page. This new feature is in line with the rising trend of tipping and donation options across leading content platforms such as The Guardian, which doesn’t use a paywall and recently announced its break even due to one million donating users.

With its independent impact driven journalism focussing on human rights and the environment, FairPlanet connected with the global inclusiveness of blockchain.

“While we maintain an open and free publication for everyone to use, it’s great to now include a financial support option for our readers who are situated all across the globe. Using borderless cryptocurrency aligns perfectly with the principles of our nonprofit content and global impact strategy,” says Murat Suner, Co-Founder & Managing Director of FairPlanet. “And, with our global network of editors and journalists, financial inclusion is also an essential cornerstone of our exemplary worldwide equal pay policy, ensuring all our colleagues are being paid equally around the globe regardless of their country of residence.“

He further states:

“The SatoshiPay micropayment platform has offered us a solution which seamlessly integrates into our publishing platform, which has facilitated an easy and straightforward implementation process.”

SatoshiPay enables publishers to add a micro-payment and donation feature which integrates into existing platforms. Readers see the option at the end of the article keeping the feature non-intrusive and and the user never leaves the article to make the payment. Readers avoid the hassle of inputting credit card details as payment is made via their SatoshiPay wallet which uses the Stellar Lumens cryptocurrency — all done in a quick, safe and easy process of just one-click.

Due to a grant by the Stellar Foundation each first user receives a free amount of 100 Lumens (appr. 10€).

“We are very grateful to the Stellar Foundation. The starting credits help us to familiarise readers with this breakthrough payment method.”,

says Murat Suner.

Meinhard Benn, CEO SatoshiPay comments:

“Accepting instant, one-click donations is a great way for publishers to easily monetise content. As part of our platform strategy we are offering easy-to-use APIs, enabling our partners to quickly integrate and start accepting micropayments with minimal technical overhead. Having FairPlanet as one of our first donation API integrators is an exciting win and we look forward to growing our partnership with them in the future.”

About SatoshiPay

SatoshiPay was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in London, with development led through its Berlin office. SatoshiPay offers a frictionless micropayment solution to help digital publishers monetise content globally.

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