As someone born and lived in a 3rd world country for a better part of my life, I believe Blockchain solves a very real problem. That's equal participation in in

As someone born and lived in a 3rd world country for a better part of my life, I believe Blockchain solves a very real problem. That's equal participation in internet economy irrespective of someone's geographic location. It was thanks to the internet I realized I can also contribute to the world (by creating something people want & writing about something others want to learn). However, when it came to making a living out of that there weren't many options. One of the prime motives for me to move out of Sri Lanka was it will be way easier for me to accept payments online. PayPal is still not available in Sri Lanka, even after repeated attempts to convince Central Banks and governments [1]. Also, recently Stripe blocked a payment from one of my customers due to high risk profile. Reason? He used a US issued debit card from Nigeria. I reached out to the person, turns out he was a passionate young entrepreneur who was trying to build a really interesting business. But his geographic location becomes a resistance in a medium it shouldn't. For me, Blockchain( and Cryptocurrencies) is a reframing of the trust model from heuristics such as geographic location to verifiable algorithms. The Internet protocols enabled us to exchange code, art & virtual goods without geographic boundaries. Then why not money? [1] https://www.change.org/p/enable-receiving-money-to-sri-lanka-through-paypal https://www.change.org/p/enable-receiving-money-to-sri-lanka...