Tag: humanitarian aid

The Bank of China will use blockchain technology to alleviate poverty in the Tibet Autonomous Region, a province with a high poverty rate of 12.4 percent, in comparison to the national average in China of 3.1 percent. How the Blockchain Can Reduce Poverty According to China Money Network, the Bank of China announced the initiative at a conference in Tibet….

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Following the early success of bitcoin and the rise of the Shiba Inu dog meme in 2013, Jackson Palmer and Billy Markus created the altcoin, Dogecoin. Palmer, who at the time worked at Adobes Sydney office, purchased the dogecoin domain in a semi-joking manner. However, once the programmer Markus wrote the code, Dogecoin was launched on December 6, 2013. At…

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In the middle of the North Arab Desert and 90 minutes from Jordan’s capital city, Amman, lies a refugee camp home to over 32,000 people. A Civil War and Remnants of Normality Known as Azraq Refugee Camp, the 15 kilometers across which it spans are made up of simple aluminum dwellings, lived in by families and people torn apart by…

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Danny Sessoms, host of an Austin-based cryptocurrency radio broadcast, announced on August 27 that he would be accepting cryptocurrency to help victims of Hurricane Harvey. Sessoms has typically partnered with Unsung.org to deliver food to the homeless, but this time he charged his RV with relief stocks and drove to Port Aransas, Texas. He bought hygiene packs, dry towels and…

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