@pivortex.near [Posted on DevHub](https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/Post?id=1725) ## Solution: NEAR sponsored beer for the University of Leeds Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Society Implementation ###### Requested amount: 92 USDT ###### Requested sponsor: @neardevgov.near This is a follow up to my idea [here](https://near.social/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Post?id=1347) The previous post was approved for the full amount, however, I did not claim this as the plan was to make the funding claim after the event had taken place. The initial idea was to have students claim the NFT at our freshers stall, however, we found that this didn't really work as the vast majority weren't interested in blockchain or cryptocurrency, this has been especially evident in the bear, also even "easy onboarding" in web3 is still somewhat ways off being easy onboarding compared to web2. So instead we helped users claim the NFT at our give-it-a-go, this was a much better experience. Unfortuntelty the turnout was worse then expected. [We had 15 claimers in total](https://www.mintbase.xyz/meta/mint.sharddog.near%3A4b614f34753bf7a5f56ba9b64b0d71ce) Here is our posts made to social media: [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cydb5RgrY-8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) [Twitter](https://x.com/LUUCABSOC/status/1713895636523774281?s=20) I want to thank Sharddog helping set up the drop. Sharddog cost: 5 $NEAR x 1.06 ($NEAR to dollars) = $5.30 Tab: £67.55 x 1.22 (pounds to dollars) x 1.05 (conversion factor) = $86.53 Total: $92