Decentralizing economic opportunity: Communities using crypto & decentralized protoc... | Devcon SEA

Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

In communities facing economic scarcity, decentralized currencies are seen as a transformative solution. But what is their real-world impact? This talk explores the stories of three communities using crypto to drive local economic opportunities. It examines what brought them to crypto, the pros and cons of adopting tokens and focuses on diverse use cases like UBI, credit, and community currencies. Features video, data, and impact metrics of the people on the ground in underserved economies. Speaker(s): Anna Stone, Damaris Njoroge Skill level: Beginner Track: Real World Ethereum Keywords: Use Cases, Ethereum for Good, Local Impact, market, emerging Follow us: https://twitter.com/efdevcon, https://twitter.com/ethereum, https://warpcast.com/devcon Learn more about devcon: https://www.devcon.org/ Learn more about ethereum: https://ethereum.org/ Visit the https://archive.devcon.org/ to gain access to the entire library of Devcon talks with the ease of filtering, playlists, personalized suggestions, decentralized access on Swarm, IPFS and more. Devcon is the Ethereum conference for developers, researchers, thinkers, and makers. Devcon SEA was held in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov 12 - Nov 15, 2024. Devcon is organized and presented by the Ethereum Foundation. To find out more, please visit https://ethereum.foundation/