# Charitable giving in web3

By [vladimir](https://paragraph.com/@vladimirt) · 2024-01-30

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Crypto investors are actually much more charitable than average individual donors in United States. Still, total amount fundraised in 2023 is still quite low. To check this, you can take a look at yearly report which TheGivingBlock prepares every year.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/827940534ca1ceb2abfcbabcd1ad08053721dddac56dc1af93398e5ad40970a3.png)

TheGivingBlock is a industry standard for crypto giving - but it is really not a “representative” web3 project, as donations are done by copy/pasting wallet address or scanning a QR code. Rather crude now-days, with all tech on our disposal.

![TheGivingBlock donation funnel](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/33ff6fba449ed30e5233544123348d18a3d4b1768ae7da56f0cb714dc0f8e7c0.png)

TheGivingBlock donation funnel

So how to leverage a huge daily volume going through DeFi and other on-chain dApps? Imagine plugging in these services and offering a way to give an on-chain micro donation while transacting on Uniswap, OpenSea, etc?

![Uniswap frontend with charity donation](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e089addba10aca3e5e8688aec34140758b6e4192c69667484a4ec67f51ff871b.png)

Uniswap frontend with charity donation

People donate when they already have money in their hands. In web3 - thats swapping on Uniswap, minting NFTs on OpenSea or staking your ETH on Lido. Being able to do a micro donation in these situations could yield a bunch of funds for charitable goals.

So why this does not exist yet? UX is hard. Altering battle-tested and audited smart contracts is not really an easy decision for dApps. There are trust issues. But there could be a way. Building trust and community slowly, and implementing frontend changes only.

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*Originally published on [vladimir](https://paragraph.com/@vladimirt/charitable-giving-in-web3)*