When disaster strikes, innovation strikes back. Following the 2004 tsunami disaster in Indonesia, Dr. Jane Thomason experienced an epiphany about how blockchain could change the world for the better. (Via CointelegraphZN)
While running the London Blockchain Week Hackathon in 2017, conveniently sponsored by the Abt Associates, Thomason invited a group of central bankers from the Bank of Papua New Guinea to witness “200 of the smartest people in the world sitting there trying to figure out how to solve this problem of financial inclusion.” The winners then accompanied them to Papua New Guinea to create a proof-of-concept for a new payment system.
As for supply chains, Thomason is quick to point to problems even in the medical sector regarding fake personal protection equipment devices, which began to circulate during the pandemic. If supply chains can be clearly recorded onto blockchains, both manufacturers and buyers can “see transparently right through the entire supply chain and know what’s going on.” The same goes for food and can help farmers avoid exploitation via transparency.Dr.
When unassociated, she found it difficult to be taken seriously as an advocate for blockchain as a tool for social impact at a time when everyone was simply trying to raise millions of dollars with ICOs. “If you believe in something and have something important to say, you can build a following without maintaining it.”
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