The Church on the threshold of digitization

Blockchain is slowly becoming more popular in almost every area of ​​our lives. So when it comes to a field like spirituality, it is quite surprising to connect it with the virtual world. And especially when we are talking about the Catholic Church. As you know, the Church is a fairly ossified and old-fashioned institution, which is why the latest reports are all the more surprising.

Namely, it is about a new option of collecting donations for the church. Already last year, the Miami Catholic Archdiocese began accepting donations from the faithful in Bitcoin.

As the Archbishop of the Catholic Church in Miami said, We had to reduce the number of believers in the churches to keep our services alive and we could no longer provide a donation tray among the faithful.

This is, of course, about the situation related to the pandemic, which kept the faithful at home and limited contacts between people to a minimum. There was a need to find a solution to this difficult situation. Inspired by the situation in El Salvador (the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as its national currency), Church leaders have opened up to this new method of financing. They also motivated their decision with the safety of their parishioners.

It is worth mentioning here that Miami is a leader in cryptocurrency adoption, your cities have offered citizens to receive BTC payouts. It also gives you the opportunity to pay taxes and other payments in cryptocurrency. It should not be forgotten that Miami also welcome cryptocurrency miners.

This month, there was also information from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Washington that it will also accept donations in cryptocurrency. It is an activity aimed at the development of the parish and providing food to those in need.

“Washington’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese is trying to use technology to engage parishioners in new and exciting ways to help the faithful fulfill the Church’s mission,” said Joseph Gillmer, executive director of archdiocese development.

Donations can be made through the Engiven website. It includes the option to anonymously transfer funds to the archdiocese in any cryptocurrency from Bitcoin to ZRX 0x.

It is said that no faith-based organization can afford to neglect its online audience.

Meanwhile, the Russian Orthodox Church does not intend to accept donations in the form of cryptocurrencies. Moreover, the president of Russia signed a law prohibiting payments via cryptocurrencies.