

I love hearing stuff like this especially on the big stage in our worlds Olympic games.

Posting some quotes and clippings below:

The USA Luge Foundation began campaigning for donations of Bitcoin using Medium since December of 2017. The team is the first Olympic group to set up its own Bitcoin wallet to accept donations.

USA luge marketing director and former double silver medalists Gary Sheer said that matching Bitcoin to the US luge endowment fund is a natural fit;

“You know, we hear a lot of jokes about lugers being crazy, and people don’t know why we do it. But luge is something that gets into your blood and transforms your life and the Bitcoiners we’ve met know exactly what it’s like to be all in on something that the world doesn’t appreciate yet. We’ve looked at Bitcoin hard, and it is definitely a risk-reward we understand and are eager to take.”

This is the funny part to me, they're asking for a shit ton of bitcoin for these things below:

Although no Olympic team is allowed to have any type of advertising on their uniforms or equipment during the games the team has promised to promote the cryptocurrency in up and coming competitions.

The team has laid out a rewards schedule depending on how much Bitcoin they raise in the future.

5 BTC – Bitcoin’s logo will appear on team hats and memorabilia hats.

10 BTC – Above, including Bitcoin logo sewn onto all luge team outerwear for the

2018 season (excluding the Winter Olympics).

25 BTC – All of the above, including Bitcoin logo of sleds for the next two seasons.

50 BTC – All of the above, with Bitcoin logo on sleds for next four seasons.

100 BTC – All the above including Bitcoin logo on team skin suits for four years (excluding Olympics).

Well, it's still cool they're asking for Bitcoin donations so, I can't hate on that. We just need more adoption to Cryptocurrency and this is on the right track. GO USA!

Credit: https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/02/14/us-olympic-luge-team-welcome-bitcoin-donations/

