@MexicoBCH

@MexicoBCH 16 October 2020

Failure to launch Unfortunately, we failed. It didn't come without it's lessons. Here's what we learned so far. https://flipstarter.mexicobch.cash Infrastructure development & adoption Almost 99% of flipstarter campaigns fully funded were related to the BCH infrastructure or adoption. This makes sense to us. You can't increase the value of BCH by giving away to something that isn't related to BCH. The only notable exceptions were EatBCH and Sofia's several campaigns which still both included some form of adoption. https://flipstarter.eatbch.org Improvements on our next campaign We had a brief conversation with @georgedonnelly about this campaign and these were some of his tips. What if you did a video of yourself talking about your plans? What if you did an initial giveaway and video'd that? What if you got a piece of acrylic printed up with the BCH or BCH Mexico logo and used that as a prop? What if you did a 15-min orientation + wallet installs + giveaway + something viral that permits the recipients to spread the word would be nice. We also received some words of wisdom from @emergent_reasons. I think it is related to trust, relationships and reputation. EatBCH developed that over a long period of time and results. I will definitely agree that the majority of funding has gone to infrastructure projects. However, this may be correlation not causation as those projects funded people who already have some level of trust (except one that may have been a scam...). So I hope adoption and social efforts will keep going and build up trust. I want to see more and more of it. Much more than I want to see tech at this point. I think people who want to do social work with BCH will need to find a way to combine things and show BCH stakeholders that they can accomplish several things at the same time. We also received some advice from @Keith_Patrick. Like I was saying in pm this campaign most likely won't get funded because people don't care about giving money to feed/shelter homeless people. I've noticed a trend that people are donating to BCH infrastructure development and adoption. Your campaign is like 99% helping people and 1% adoption. I personally know 4 people in Mexico using BCH and I'm one of them. In order to get funding imo you will have to incorporate something in your campaign that is going to onboard more users or merchants. Raising awareness through speaking at conventions and talking to people in person about BCH. @Josevzla gave us some insight on their start. We started with meetings owners of store directly. In that way we could better explain the benefits of cryptocurrencies as a whole. Start with the small business owners if you already know them Conclusion We spoke to several people in the BCH community about this campaign and we slowly realized that our failure rate was going to be almost 100% on this campaign. We still want to help the people in our community nobody else cares about, but we need to include more adoption points. This needs to be 99% adoption and 1% philanthropy. We will go back to the drawing board and come up with a better plan to make it worthwhile for the people who donate.

@MexicoBCH 9 October 2020

Flipstarter campaign started We setup our campaign and launched it. It starts in about 20 minutes. We are very interested in getting feedback from those in the community in the form of comments here, facebook, or twitter. We are also active on telegram. Creamos y lanzamos nuestra campaña. Comienza en aproximadamente 20 minutos. Estamos muy interesados en recibir retroalimentación de la comunidad en forma de comentarios por este medio, Facebook o Twitter. También estamos activos en telgram. https://flipstarter.mexicobch.cash mexicobch.cash https://mexicobch.cash/ Twitter https://twitter.com/MexicoBch Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MexicoBCH2020 Read.cash https://read.cash/@MexicoBCH Telegram https://t.me/MexicoBCH

@MexicoBCH 5 October 2020

#BCHparalagente Más que una misión Fuimos presentados a BCH al encontrarnos con el feed de Twitter de @SofiaCBCH, que nos llevó a sus artículos en read.cash. Sabíamos sobre bitcoin, pero la adopción de criptomonedas aquí en México está casi al 0%. Después de sumergirnos hasta el fondo del abismo, llegamos a comprender el razonamiento detrás de la división en 2017 y la necesidad de grandes bloques. Nos encontramos con este artículo de @georgedonnelly que explica con más detalle los asuntos actuales en los que se encuentra BCH. Después de pasar un tiempo examinando las conversaciones en diferentes grupos de Telegram, estamos seguros de que el 15 de noviembre habrá una división y los problemas que ABC está trayendo al la mesa ya no serán relevantes. Con esta información estamos seguros de que BCH sería una gran alternativa para el Peso, para la gente. Un gran porcentaje de personas en México no cuentan con servicios bancarios y BCH podría ayudar a resolver eso. Cryptovato1 se acercó a nosotros con interés en ayudarnos. Nos gustaría iniciar el proceso para crear la adopción de BCH en México. Definitivamente podríamos usar los consejos de los miembros prominentes de la comunidad sobre cómo podemos lograr este objetivo. Ayudando a los que nadie más ayudará Encontramos un centro de rehabilitación para hombres en el Centro Guadalajara. Después de hablar con el encargado de las instalaciones, descubrimos muchas cosas inquietantes sobre los albergues aquí en México. La mayoría de los refugios que albergan a personas en México no reciben suficientes fondos o se financian desde sus propios bolsillos. El gobierno mexicano al considerarse laico, no otorga financiamientos a instalaciones que tengan fines religiosos. Esto representa un problema ya que se dice que México es 85% católico. Esto recorta la financiación gubernamental casi por completo para la gran mayoría de los refugios. En México tenemos un documento fiscal conocido como factura. Este es un documento oficial que se recibe al realizar operaciones con fines tributarios, ya sean comerciales o de beneficencia. Es un justificante de deducción de impuestos. Para que un albergue pueda entregar facturas por las donaciones que recibe, debe ser una Asociación Civil registrada. El proceso de registro es caro, tedioso y la tasa de rechazo es muy alta. Por lo tanto, no existen incentivos monetarios para donar a estos refugios. Esto deja a un gran porcentaje de albergues en México con una severa falta de fondos. Sentimos que este era un buen lugar para comenzar. No sabíamos qué más hacer, así que salimos de nuestro bolsillo e hicimos nuestra primera donación. Terminamos obteniendo un poco más de lo esperado 80 kg de detergente multiusos 40 litros de cloro 60 litros de Pinol 200 rastrillos 200 cepillos de dientes 200 tubos de pasta de dientes 220 paquetes de galletas 184 rollos de papel higiénico 550 barras de jabón Juntamos 23 mil pesos de nuestro bolsillo y visitamos el mercado de abastos local para comprar algunas de las cosas básicas que nos dijeron que el refugio necesitaba. Nos preguntaron de qué iglesia veníamos y por qué estábamos donando sin ningún incentivo. Les explicamos que no pertenecemos a ninguna iglesia y que simplemente estamos interesados en ayudar. Cerrando la brecha Creemos que hacer estas donaciones es una excelente manera de llegar a los que no cuentan con servicios bancarios y aprovechar esta oportunidad para incorporar BCH como solución bancaria para las personas que más lo necesitan aquí en México. Obviamente, tenemos un largo camino por recorrer antes de comenzar a incorporar comerciantes, pero creemos que esta es la mejor manera de empezar. Elaboraremos una plan sobre pensamos hacerlo a través de donaciones y conferencias de BCH. Esto se describirá en nuestra próxima campaña de flipstarter. Tenemos 10 instalaciones más a las que nos vamos a acercar y haremos donaciones. No dudes en comunicarte con nosotros si deseas ayudar o dar alguna sugerencia ¡Los comentarios son bien recibidos! https://www.facebook.com/MexicoBCH2020 https://twitter.com/MexicoBch https://t.me/MexicoBCH

@MexicoBCH 5 October 2020

#BCHparalagente Not Just a Mission Statement Spanish https://read.cash/@MexicoBCH/bchparalagente-mas-que-una-mision-c4860094 We were introduced to BCH by coming across @SofiaCBCH's twitter feed which lead us to her read.cash articles. We knew about bitcoin, but crypto adoption here in Mexico is at almost 0%. After diving down the rabbit hole we came to understand the reasoning behind the split in 2017, and the need for big blocks. We came across this article by @georgedonnelly which further explained the current affairs in which BCH is in. After spending some time sifting through conversations in different telegram groups we feel confident come November 15th there will be a split and the problems ABC are bringing to the table will no longer be relevant. Provided this information we feel confident BCH would be a great alternative to the Peso, for the people. A large percentage of people in Mexico are under-banked and BCH could help solve that. Cryptovato1 reached out to us with interest in helping us. We would like to start the process in creating adoption for BCH in Mexico. We could definitely use advice from the prominent members in the community on how we can achieve this goal. https://twitter.com/vainilamarket?lang=en https://read.cash/@SofiaCBCH https://read.cash/@georgedonnelly/amaury-sechet-is-forking-bitcoin-abc-away-from-bitcoin-cash-8734adc1 https://t.me/cryptovato1 Helping those nobody else will We came across an all male rehabilitation center in Centro Guadalajara. After talking to the primary caregiver of the facility we learned a lot of unsettling things about shelters here in Mexico. Most shelter facilities that house people in Mexico are underfunded or are funded out of pocket. The Mexican government, being secular, does not grant financing to facilities that have religious backgrounds. This is difficult as Mexico is claimed to be 85% Catholic. This cuts government funding almost completely out of a large majority of shelters. In Mexico we have a fiscal document known as "factura". This is an official document that is received when making a transaction for taxing purposes, wether is a business purchase or a donation. It is tax deduction receipt. In order for a shelter to give you a factura receipt, they must be a registered Asociación Civil. The process of becoming registered is expensive, tedious, and the rejection rate is very high. Therefore, there are no monetary incentives to donate to these shelters. This leaves a large percentage of shelters in Mexico severely underfunded. We felt like this was a good place to start. We didn't know what else to do so we came out of pocket and made our first donation. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-church-idUSN2429887220071224 We ended up getting a bit more than anticipated 80 KG all purpose detergent 40 liters of bleach 60 liters of Pinol 200 shaving razors 200 toothbrushes 200 tubes of toothpaste 220 packs of cookies 184 rolls of TP 550 bars of soap We put together 23k Pesos out of our pocket and hit our local market to pick up some of the basic stuff we were instructed the shelter needed. We were asked what church we were from and why would donate without incentive. We explained that we are not from the church and we are interested in helping out. Bridging the gap We think using these donations is a great way to reach the under-banked and use this opportunity to onboard the people here in Mexico that need BCH as a banking solution the most. We obviously have a long way to go to start onboarding merchants, but we think this is the best way to start. We will be coming up with a roadmap on how we plan on doing that through donations and BCH conferences. This will be outlined in our upcoming flipstarter campaign. We have 10 more facilities we are going to reach out to and make donations to. Feel free to reach out to us if you would like to help or have any advice. Comments are much appreciated! https://www.facebook.com/MexicoBCH2020 https://twitter.com/MexicoBch https://t.me/MexicoBCH