Student Asks for Bitcoins; Gets $24,000

<p>"Unidentified college student holds a banner to an ESPN camera on Saturday pleading for money from his mother; the sign was embedded with a code that linked to an account at Bitcoin, an online payment network; as pictures on the sign made it to different websites, people started donating money; total amount received was $24,361.50." ...</p>

<p>Obviously a marketing major.</p>

<p>Savvy</a> student gets over $24,000 from strangers by holding a sign | Mail Online</p>

<p>i wish i could do the same</p>