Open juanfranblanco opened 3 years ago
juanfranblanco
commented
3 years ago | Charity | Country | Location | Charity Type | Contributed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://toofound.org/our-team/ | US | Austin | Adam Wiedeman @thevirtual_adam | |
| https://www.peopleskitchen.co.uk/ | UK | Newcastle upon Tyne | Foodbank | jb |
| https://www.shelter.org.uk/ | UK | Whole uk | Homelessness,Private renting,Tenancy deposits,Repossession,Eviction,Repairs,Benefits,Council housing | jb |
juanfranblanco
commented
3 years ago For reference and thoughts: https://www.givewell.org/ https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/ https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/ thanks to Gabe.
juanfranblanco
commented
3 years ago The above is a current hack (never :) ), we will need a good registry of charities which has been validated. This could used DIDs and the baseline "Phone book" cc @caleteeter @humbitious @italobb @jaerith
caleteeter
commented
3 years ago What about using VCs to provide the attestations, and then you can reference these in a "registry" contract?
juanfranblanco
commented
3 years ago @caleteeter yes, but my thought of using the "phone book" is to reuse the infrastructure and validation logic of a company (in this case a charity), this later on can be used to integrate with suppliers. For example, if we manage to list stock needs of X charities, and link the purchase process for y product to specific companies after a validated price. Having not to rely on the Dao to do the companies validation night be helpful.
On the other hand it could work against it, as you may add a buerocratic burden for charities that can be validated in a different manner.
VCs: For info https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/
Edit: But you are right, start simple as that is the idea and then grow from there.
juanfranblanco
commented
3 years ago @caleteeter, @humbitious pointed out why I am completely barking to the wrong tree, I am trying to use the phone book for much more than its intention "a yellow pages of baselined companies that are able to sync b2b records...". I guess we will need eventually a global registry of companies / charities etc, but this is not going to be it (my thought), but eventually i guess the phone book can be linked to it.
@jaerith mentioned to contact Unicef and see if they have already a list and procedure to validate charities, probably a better starting point.
caleteeter
commented
3 years ago @juanfranblanco sure, I was thinking the VC would be used to start to build "reputation". This would mean, I say I am X charity, and I can prove it. Having a process which charities can build the reputation, by getting signatures from others is one model. The idea being that if you get enough signatures from entities, you can establish a baseline (haha) profile.
Then you can start to link other data to this, as you mention stock needs, price validation, etc. Essentially you are establishing a root of trust. Another idea we have discussed is using domain based validation as part of this. You say you are X charity and you own the domain record for X.org.
I do believe there is value in have a "phone book" concept, just not totally sure on the final implementation. Using a smart contract is a simplistic option and could be a good start.
juanfranblanco
commented
3 years ago " This would mean, I say I am X charity, and I can prove it. Having a process which charities can build the reputation, by getting signatures from others is one model. The idea being that if you get enough signatures from entities, you can establish a baseline (haha) profile."
@caleteeter Ohhh that sounds really good! a trusted network of charities. Great thoughts!!