World's first bitcoin endowment fund is launched!

MINDEN, Nev. - April 1, 2013 - PRLog -- The Lifeboat Foundation which is dedicated to safeguarding humanity from existential risks has launched the world's first bitcoin endowment fund.  As a futuristic organization dedicated to protecting humanity against futuristic threats such as bioweapons and nanoweapons, it is only fitting that such an organization base its endowment fund on a futuristic currency -- bitcoins.

Lifeboat's Brian Cartmell will match the next 500 bitcoins donated. Learn about the growing bitcoin endowment fund at https://lifeboat.com/ex/bitcoins.

The EU-IMF grab of bank accounts in Cyprus that held government-backed money was the key event that caused the Lifeboat Foundation to feel that the time for 21st century money was here.

Lifeboat Foundation's advisory board includes Ray Kurzweil and Nobel Laureates Daniel Kahneman, Eric S. Maskin, Richard J. Roberts, and Wole Soyinka.

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About Lifeboat Foundation

The Lifeboat Foundation is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI, as we move towards the Singularity.