# Open Conversations: Don’t Build in a Blockchain Bubble (Aaron Sanchez, Exponential Science)

- Channel: [Funding the Commons](https://streameth.org/funding_the_commons)
- Date: 2026-04-09
- Duration: 01:37
- Topics: blockchain government, government blockchain academy, UNDP blockchain, Aaron Sanchez, Exponential Science, public sector blockchain, blockchain education, blockchain use cases, funding the commons, blockchain for good, web3 government, blockchain adoption, blockchain policy, public goods funding, blockchain developing countries, digital government, web3 social impact, blockchain Buenos Aires
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-6s_xeSt362M
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s_xeSt362M

## Description

It’s easy to design for people who already understand blockchain. Getting a government to trust it and deploy it is a different kind of challenge.

Aaron Sanchez, Head of Strategy and Partnerships at Exponential Science, runs the Government Blockchain Academy with the UNDP. His work focuses on educating public officials and their teams, then helping them think through real use cases that make sense beyond the crypto ecosystem.

The starting point isn’t the technology. It’s the problem. And sometimes the answer isn’t blockchain.

Filmed at Funding the Commons Buenos Aires, November 19, 2025.
Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io

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