- Is Civic PAC fundraising similar to e.g. a Crowdsale or a CappedCrowdsale
or something else entirely, in terms of ERC20 OpenZeppelin solidity contracts?
- Would it be worth maintaining an additional contract for [PAC] "fundraising"
with terminology that campaigns can understand; or a terminology map?
- Compared to just accepting donations at a wallet address,
or just accepting credit/debt card donations,
what are the risks of a token sale for a PAC?
--- Is there any way to check for donors' citizenship?
(When/Where is it necessary to check donors' citizenship
(with credit/debit cards or cryptocoins/cryptotokens?))
- Compared to just accepting donations at a wallet address,
or just accepting credit/debt card donations,
what are the costs of a token sale for a PAC?
--- How much gas would such a contract require?
- Compared to just accepting donations at a wallet address,
or just accepting credit/debt card donations,
what are the benefits of a token sale for a PAC?
---- Lower transaction fees than credit/debit cards?
---- Time limit (practicality, marketing)
---- Cap ("we only need this much")
---- Refunds in the event of […]
### Objectives
- Comply with all local campaign finance laws
--- Collect citizenship information for a Person
--- Collect citizenship information for an Organization 'person'
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### Background
- PAC: Political Action Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee
- https://github.com/holographicio/awesome-token-sale
### Questions
- Is Civic PAC fundraising similar to e.g. a Crowdsale or a CappedCrowdsale or something else entirely, in terms of ERC20 OpenZeppelin solidity contracts?
- Would it be worth maintaining an additional contract for [PAC] "fundraising" with terminology that campaigns can understand; or a terminology map?
- Compared to just accepting donations at a wallet address, or just accepting credit/debt card donations, what are the risks of a token sale for a PAC?
--- Is there any way to check for donors' citizenship? (When/Where is it necessary to check donors' citizenship (with credit/debit cards or cryptocoins/cryptotokens?))
- Compared to just accepting donations at a wallet address, or just accepting credit/debt card donations, what are the costs of a token sale for a PAC?
--- How much gas would such a contract require?
- Compared to just accepting donations at a wallet address, or just accepting credit/debt card donations, what are the benefits of a token sale for a PAC?
---- Lower transaction fees than credit/debit cards?
---- Time limit (practicality, marketing)
---- Cap ("we only need this much")
---- Refunds in the event of […]
### Objectives
- Comply with all local campaign finance laws
--- Collect citizenship information for a Person
--- Collect citizenship information for an Organization 'person'
- Ensure that donations hold value
- Raise funds
- Raise funds up to a cap
- (Optionally?) collect names and contact information ( https://schema.org/Person https://schema.org/Organization )
- Optionally refund if the cap is not met
- Optionally change the cap midstream
- Optionally cancel for a specified string and/or URL reason