I've been previously open when I made a donation (with the help of awesome customers) to a charity, with my reasoning for being public about it here and here.
A couple of weeks ago I made a donation to Doctors Without Borders, which has always been a charity that's been near and dear to my heart. So the attacks on their compound in Afghanistan yesterday were especially saddening.
I made a donation to them two weeks ago (I waited until now to state it because I didn't want the money to be flagged before it got used, just in case one of their organizers feels it necessary to refuse 'drug money' for moral/public relations reasons).
Like last time, the reason I'm now being public about this donation is because I want the world to know that even though we're a community of drug dealers and users, we aren't hurting anyone by confining our (non-violent, victimless) criminal activities online. And in this instance, a percentage of the money some of you have spent on illegal drugs is going directly to help those in need.
https://proofofdonation.com/charitypage.php?q=1
That link takes you to the DWB/MSF donation page, and this line is me (as evidenced by the linked blockchain transaction)
ID Date & Time Donation ID Donation Transaction USD BTC
119 15/09/2015 14:21:03 84845593 (blockchain link) 973.50 4.392000
https://blockchain.info/tx/12d7066fad97fa27c5abe0c5c3863e51e88b1c82cdf6b6123482c3c202148e6e
For verification purposes, I made this donation from the same address as the previous Nepal donation:
https://blockchain.info/address/1Trip1V2s5cbDeFjCLeJQEvRgT7T7Jy3k
So a HUGE thank-you to all of my great customers who made this possible. And if any other vendors/redditors would like to join me in starting a donation matching / charity fund drive, I'm all for it. Wouldn't it be great if some future CNN report started with "The Darknet Market community, known for its use of the Hidden Internet for drug transactions and charitable donations...."
Dude the world needs more drug dealers like you.