Machismo, Remittence, & Inflation: Scaling Ethereum for Widespread Adoption in LATAM
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Latin America shows concrete adoption signals: 43% of crypto holders in LATAM are women, remittance inflows hit $131 billion and exceed a quarter of GDP in places like Honduras and El Salvador, while median incomes near $500/month make $10 gas fees impossible. Scaling demands are specific: Fuel Labs ships an Ethereum L2 with the Fuel VM for parallel transaction execution, a Rust-based DSL called Sway whose compiler blocks re‑entrancy and forces exhaustive enums, plus explicit storage annotations to prevent accidental state bugs. These changes aim for sub‑cent transactions that actually fit local use.
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