http://qz.com/339447/platforms-not-products-are-the-way-to-bring-financial-services-to-the-poor/
... and even Bill Gates tweeting about some form of such scenario
... and even Bill Gates tweeting about some form of such scenario
I agree wholeheartly.
ive had visions of helping others across
the world by offering them micro loans
to jump start a Farming, agricultural business.
So much of the world is still underbanked and
underdeveloped. I see nothing but opportunities.
Now that cryptocurrency technology has enabled
the people of the world to work around the banking
system and cut through the BS & "RedTape".
we can donate, loan, or connect directly to the source.
Internet + Crypto currencies.
Correct. It's already been shown that blockchains could be broadcast over radio waves for those without reliable internet
In fact, because of a lot of what we are discussing, the next staking units have both wifi and 3g capabilities, rather than just wifi
make it happen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUyp8PrU4Kc
Africa has a lot of potential for easily set up systems, especially when you get into wifi and mobile (3g, 4g, etc) hotspots, but I think the developing areas of Asia would be far more receptive to this sudden of a technological jump. The baseline infrastructure is already there
for sure asia is already in a place where they can and are taking advantage of crypto's and indeed countries like malaysia and the philippines etc have major problems in a lot of towns and cities with consistent power outages... so I deff see your point there.
this video really helped open my eye's to the good we can help participate in through cryptos
Bitcoin Uganda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrRXP1tp6Kw
Exactly. This is who cloud staking is aimed at. My target audience is not rich people in America or EU, it is those that cannot reliably stake. It's not fair
I've actually had very detailed discussions with a lot of smart people. Bringing cryptos to new markets is not something that is outside our abilities. It is, however, above our wallet balances to afford such 'boots on the ground' infrastructure building programs on our own right now
Spot's while your looking at how to afford 'boots on the ground" infrastructure builds I have an idea on how you as the dev and we as the community can reach a whole new demographic, while doing something good for children and bringing good press for the coin.
I believe this coin and both your cloudstaking and staking hardware are perfectly suited to be used as a teaching tool for middle and high school students to learn about the effects of compounding intrest, and inflation. (the politics of banks and fiat should be kept out of this and any messaging to help further adoption if the program is implemented)
On a high level a 501c could be set up with a few members of the community sitting as board members. A program could be set up to donate either a cloudstaking address or piece of hardware along with a certain amount of coins to a class. Teachers can fit it into their particular class as a semester project any way they see fit. Once a teacher/class/school is set up it is the gift that keeps on giving both as a tool to teach children about a couple of concepts I wasn't taught until my 20's, an incubator for new ideas/uses for the technology underneath the coin, and a way for us as a community to introduce the coin and crypto-currencies as a whole in a positive way to what is the key demographic to most marketers today.
This potentially could be a self sustaining "fund" with a relatively small initial community coin donation. Classes in the US/EU that have a 'sister" class/school could run the project in tandom exposing 10k to the countries that may benefit the most and would otherwise be lacking the "infrastructure" for things like this.
