# Welcome to Giveth

Welcome to Giveth. We are a community focused on **making the world a better place** through the use of blockchain technology!

We call ourselves "Unicorns" - a team of individuals that celebrate and respect each and everyone's uniqueness. We value decentralization, altruism, community, inclusiveness, abundance, humility and transparency. We are united around the common goal of developing technology to revolutionize philathropy in service of the earth, the environment and humanity.

To read more about the history of our perspectives, check out our community-written [Masterpiece Manifesto](https://medium.com/giveth/giveth-masterpiece-manifesto-19649c57c6aa).

# What is Giveth?

Giveth is an eclectic mix of people from the Ethereum and nonprofit worlds, dedicated to revolutionizing philanthropy by encouraging, supporting and incentivizing the funding of public goods. We are building the Giveth Galaxy: an ever-extending collection of initiatives that are driving **"Blockchain for Good"**.

Giveth is more than the sum of its parts: while decentralized, our shared values create the energy and inspiration needed to build the future of giving. We are unique individuals, united around a common goal, forming circles (Governance, Communications, DApp Development and Community), that together make up Giveth.

Feeling inspired? Help us make change by joining our [community.](https://giveth.io/join/)

## Our Mission

Our mission is to connect people, ideas and resources by building free, open-source decentralized applications to bridge the non-profit and blockchain worlds. We are creating an interface between the prosocial, value-driven, collective-focused magic-makers of the world and the revolutionary funding streams that the cryptospace has opened up.

## Our Vision

Our vision for the future of giving is to build a free, globally accessible platform where funds flow efficiently, transparently and directly to where they can be the most beneficial.

In our vision, giving is effortless and people all around the world are incentivized to have a positive impact. The platform is self-sustaining and can fund its growth without charging any fees to donors or projects.


## Our Values

Giveth encourages **Decentralization:**
- Giveth is pioneering and experimenting with decentralized governance and communication techniques and supporting their adoption by other communities.
- Giveth offers innovative open-source solutions built on blockchain technology, which is inherently decentralized.

Giveth promotes **Altruism:**
- Giveth is an open source, non-hierarchical global initiative empowering social, environmental and humanistic impact projects with novel decentralized technologies.
- Giveth supports many other decentralized initiatives that are adding value to the world but may not have a direct profit motive.

Giveth believes in the power of **Community:**
- Giveth is an inclusive community united around a common goal.
- Giveth is a community-owned platform, building and developing our DApps based on feedback from our members.
- Giveth enables trust within communities by increasing transparency and accountability through blockchain technology.
- Giveth proactively reaches out to similar initiatives which we see as potential collaborators, as opposed to competitors.