Ethics, human rights and blockchain
summary
Argues that blockchain can serve human rights with concrete examples: UNESCO and UN pilots, UN World Food Programme digital vouchers for refugees in Jordan, ID2020 and Ghana land titles, Everledger for diamonds, BitPesa/BitSpark remittances and a Stanford 200+ initiatives list. Confronts critics Stiglitz and Krugman who call Bitcoin useless or “evil,” examines proof-of-work energy tradeoff and fixes like Lightning, CureCoin and proof-of-stake, and cites the industry’s diversity gap of 5–7% women with policy and regulatory implications.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 17:57Principles
- 20:35The framework: a sketch
- 22:17The framework: an example
- 24:37The framework: another example
