Around the World with VeChain’s Dimitrios Neocleous
Many of us community members and blockchain professionals are constantly trying to think of ways to use blockchain in our everyday lives. We rack our brains to think of innovative ways that can become a new business model, or just showcase the power of distributed ledger technology and tokenization.
This was also the case for Dimitrios Neocleous, an Ecosystem Manager and legal expert for VeChain. As he travelled the world to meet with clients, businesses, and take part in exhibitions, he realized he could be using blockchain to share his journey, and make a charitable contribution to improve the world around him. Here’s what he came up with:
Phase One – Create a shirt with a QR Code and NFC tag bound to the VeChain blockchain. This will link to a ToolChain page explaining Dimitri’s mission to raise awareness for social causes such as the inequality that exists in our world, climate change, and the reduction of C0₂ emissions. Also connected will be a public wallet address, where donations can be made in a transparent fashion.
Phase Two – Every time he makes a trip, he will scan the QR code with the VeChainWork App once he lands in the airport.
He will then donate $50-100 to the VeChain wallet (out of his own money) and make a post on social media, saluting the communities from the places he is visiting. By sharing the QR code, everyone can see the path he has travelled, along with the transaction ID, donation wallet address, and welcoming additional contributions to this cause.
Phase Three – After one year of traveling and donations, hopefully both from community and himself, he will donate the VET to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
The QR code linked to the NFC Tag on his shirt
The Donation Address: 0x7C33A83921d0e603b2840ec8a685E1bB25dBA189
On that day, I will create the first VET wallet of an established charitable foundation, showing that blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies can not only make the business world more efficient but also to make the world better as well.
When I entered the blockchain world, I entered it out of curiosity… Now I am an investor, a builder, a holder and a designer. As my friend Gabriele Manno said, we are all these things in one.
Moreover, I feel blessed and lucky in my life, as I have had the opportunity to be raised with a lot of love, to go to the best schools, and a tremendous freedom of choice and level playing field to pursue my dreams and goals.
Meanwhile in developing countries, children have been struggling to survive, fighting with demons like polio due to the lack of vaccinations, they are fighting with starvation, the lack of access to clean and drinkable water. In addition, our entire planet is struggling with climate change.
What really though touched me and forced me to action is the refugee crisis that has been happening over the last decade. According to UNICEF, nearly 50 million children have been uprooted, forced to flee from brutal conflict and extreme poverty. This figure includes millions of children caught in wars in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and South Sudan — and many other countries. This figure also includes children driven from their homes by violence or deprivation and forced to make difficult and dangerous journeys abroad, and children who are taken out of schools and don’t know when they might return.
I believe it is my obligation as a human being to be more humane, as I cannot live in ignorance or apathy anymore, every person should have a decent life in this world, especially the future generations. I believe it is my obligation as a constant traveler and polluter to contribute back to the saving of the planet.
That brings me to the QR/NFC-Passport T-shirt, a product I created using ToolChain in a very unconventional way.
Everytime I travel, I will scan my QR- T-Shirt to show my destination and share a picture of my T-shirt on social media, so that people can scan it and observe my travels. At the same time, I will donate $50 to $100 (in VET) for every trip in a publicly accessible wallet, and after a year, the amount collected will be donated to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
I will publicly share the account so people can see the flow of donations as well. At the same time, I am calling for everyone to not just re-share my post, but also contribute to this special cause, as any amount is welcome.
This time I am using ToolChain to make a stand, to lift up the society and community, and for a better world, united..
Dimitrios Neocleous
The shirt was made by T-Bar Cyprus: Our company specializes in designing and printing unique, clever and funny t-shirts as per our customer demands. We give our clients the opportunity to create their own personalized t-shirt by either by choosing one of the designs in our own portfolio, or design a new one with the help of our staff. We aim to produce high quality products, satisfying to the full everyone who chooses to feel unique in our clothes. Sol’s company clothing, which is our provider, ensures many unchanged wears.
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