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by pudo 3707 days ago
I'd guess they've found a great match: never have I seen a community so prone to irrational hypes around random new technologies as the international development and humanitarian aid communities.

The whole blockchain narrative will be a feast for them, probably with the end result that some overworked local medical workers will now have to deal with semi-broken blockchain apps to buy fresh toilet paper.

Many lives will be improved (in Brooklyn, NY).