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This might not be related but I'm interested in looking into some of the similarities that Buddhist countries might have with V4V in the Bitcoin world. Monks rely on the householder to give food or money everyday. I think a lot of it depends on keeping face which was similar to the shaming you quoted with Mauss.
There might be some hints or ideas in that system that could give SN (or specific territories) ideas to grow the platform.
I would really like to read about this some more. Do you have any recommended links?
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123 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 27 Dec 2024
I was looking into it, but so far haven't found anything specific. I only know a bit from my travel through Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar. Every morning the monks go through the streets to collect alms from each business and household. Most seem to give rice and/or cash and they collect it all in big bowls.
I spent some time in a meditation center in Myanmar where they rely on donations to run the center. The largest ongoing cost seems to be the food. They had a calendar with breakfast and lunch orders (no dinner BTW) with the names of the donors. I picked a day to pay for a lunch which I think was about 100 USD in 2016 for 300 people or so. There's no charge for the meditation as they believe that the information is too valuable to put a cost on it. You'd think this would invite a lot of people who want to come and stay for free and get fed too! However it doesn't seem to be the case (probably because they're expected to meditate for more than 12 hours a day). It just seems to work. My guess is that most of the funding comes from rich people who like to have prestige or think it will get them a better position in heaven. IDK
I do see a lot of similarities between bitcoin and Buddhist culture, but I think bitcoin culture might be a bit young and fragmented at this point in time.
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I would like to visit a place like this someday.
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