{{Short description|Community food token}} {{Infobox currency | name = Breadcoin | image_1 = Breadcoin 2016 obverse pile.jpg | image_title_1 = Breadcoin 2016 | image_alt_1 = A pile of Breadcoins with side light making the coin markings stand out in sharp relief. | issuing_authority = Breadcoin Foundation | issuing_authority_website = {{website|1=breadcoin.org}} | date_of_introduction = 2016 | date_of_introduction_source = <ref>{{Cite web|author= Breadcoin Foundation|title=Give the Dignity of Choice with Breadcoin|url=https://breadcoin.org/|access-date=2023-01-03|website=Breadcoin|language=en-US}}</ref> | symbol = BC | pegged_with = United States dollar | pegged_by = Breadcoin Foundation | value = $3.00 <ref>https://breadcoin.org/how-it-works/</ref> }}
'''Breadcoin''' is a community food token created in 2016 to help address the food needs of disadvantaged populations.<ref name=WP_2019-01-11>{{cite news |last= Iati |first= Marisa |date= 2019-01-11 |title= 'Breadcoin' is a new currency in D.C. for people in need |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/01/11/breadcoin-is-new-currency-dc-people-need/|newspaper= Washington Post |location= Washington DC |access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref>
The token is issued by the Breadcoin Foundation Ltd, a 501(c)3 nonprofit registered in Washington DC. Over 150<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date= 2021-10-18 |title= Breadcoin.org - Vendor List |url= https://breadcoin.org/vendor-list/|work= |location= Washington DC |access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=DeJesus |first=Ivey |date= 2023-11-21 |title= Pa. 'Breadcoin' program borrows cryptocurrency concept to feed needy |url= https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/11/pa-breadcoin-program-borrows-concept-from-cryptocurrency-to-feed-the-needy.html?blm_aid=46225435|work= Patriot-News|location= Harrisburg, PA |access-date=2025-09-10}}</ref> food vendors in Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Florida<ref>{{cite news |last=Carlton |first=Sue |date= 2023-12-27|title= To help Tampa's homeless, Breadcoin is a new kind of pocket change |url= https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2023/12/27/help-tampas-homeless-breadcoin-is-new-kind-pocket-change/|work= Tampa Bay Times|location= Tampa Bay, FL |access-date=2025-09-10}}</ref> accept the currency. Local nonprofits distribute breadcoins<ref>{{cite news |last= Roaten |first= Meredith |date=2018-08-14 |title= Food tokens are the newest way to help the hungry |url= https://www.streetsensemedia.org/article/food-tokens-are-the-newest-way-to-help-the-hungry/ |work= Street Sense Media |location= Washington DC |access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref> to those with food-insecurity.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date= 2020-06-19 |title= Nonprofit Breadcoin creates food tokens to help fight hunger |url= https://www.fox5dc.com/video/698171 |work= Fox5 |location= Washington DC |access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref> Recipients can then use the tokens to purchase food at any of the vendors, increasing their food options and helping them retain their dignity.<ref>{{cite news |last= Lieberman |first= Mark |date= 2018-06-28 |title= Inspired By Bitcoin, D.C. Economist Wants To Help Homeless Community Access Food With Dignity |url= https://dcist.com/story/18/06/28/dc-breadcoin-homelessness/ |work= DCist |location= Washington DC |access-date= 2021-10-20 |archive-date= 2021-10-20 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211020142827/https://dcist.com/story/18/06/28/dc-breadcoin-homelessness/ |url-status= live | quote=Each coin is worth $3. Breadcoin encourages participating food vendors to include items on their menu that align with the $2.20 value of a Breadcoin. When that's not possible, the customer pays the difference.}}</ref> Breadcoin Foundation sells the coins for $3 each. <ref>https://breadcoin.org/how-it-works/</ref>
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