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Over the past few months, our world has been turned upside down.= Every action and interaction we had once considered =E2=80=9Cnormal=E2=80= =9D has become the very thing that the COVID-19 virus preys on. Gatherings = or social interactions as simple as hand shaking have been banned. It is in= times like these that really make us re-evaluate the way we view and inter= act within this world.
The world we once knew was built around human interaction. We bought our= coffee from the local coffee shop around the corner. We work in our creati= vity inducing open office spaces. Everything we did was centralized on that= human to human connection. And COVID-19 has attacked the core of our socie= ty, shifting our interactions to be distributed, as companies adopt work fr= om home policies, restaurants limited to take-out only services, and even o= ur electricity consumption pushed to the residential edge. It is inevitable= to wonder the long-term impacts of this global pandemic.
Blockchain technology may be a key to enable the paradigm shift of the s= ocial fabric we know of today. [add more]
If the 2008 economic crisis is any indicator of the future, it led to th= e inception of Airbnb in 2008, Uber in 2009, WhatsApp in 2009, Groupon in 2= 008, Github in 2008, Slack in 2009, and many more. With the current pandemi= c and ongoing social trends, the discussion topics below are meant to serve= as an idea generator on how blockchain technology may serve as an enabling= technology for social good in these unpredictable times.
(Idea, using story of what the future could be?, dystopia)
Decentralized society
https://www.goodr.co/ is the co I mentioned that is working to reall= ocate food waste=E2=80=A9
Efficiently allocating resources
Transparent Philanthropy and Humanitarian Aid
PPE procurement for countries
Cashless, digital currency
Digital financing for SDGs =E2=80=93 report released last week
=E2=80=9CPeople=E2=80=99s Money: Harnessing Digitalization to Finance a = Sustainable Future=E2=80=9D - https://digitalfinancingtask= force.org/
Volunteer tracking: https://dailyhodl.com/2= 019/01/18/zhiyuan-hui-chinas-largest-volunteer-platform-announces-blockchai= n-dapp-based-on-everitoken/
Immutable Governance
Policy and regulatory implications - consortium governance especially in= consideration of scaling up