Decentralizing economic opportunity: Communities using crypto & decentralized protoc...
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Project distributes a daily digital UBI and claims nearly a million onboarded; community protocol issues vouchers backed by pooled commitments and production financing, running in nearly 100 communities in Kenya. Implementation uses USSD, web interfaces and paper wallets, with cash‑outs via Valora/Kotani and local rails; it records 65,000 households, $4M+ transactions and a reported 5x multiplier. It enables prepayments (e.g., coconut buyers fund farmers early) and better inputs, while recurring barriers remain: network connectivity and limited smartphone access.
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- 0:00Decentralized economic opportunity
- 2:08Crypto without real need
- 3:36Permissionless access & local empowerment
- 8:11Grassroots Economics & community currencies
- 15:19Unlocking trust with decentralized tools
- 17:48Decentralizing opportunity beyond tech
- 18:54Q&A on barriers & trust
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