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I am an Engineer at Celo https://celo.org/ https://celo.org/ - Our mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for all. We

I am an Engineer at Celo https://celo.org/ https://celo.org/ - Our mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for all. We aim to give financial tools that will help people to self-actualize. Many people in the world do not have the basic financial tools for lifting themselves out of poverty -- a sound currency and property rights -- and we aim to provide those. Second, we aim to create a system that connects people to one another through the financial system; especially those that have been disconnected from the financial system. We have a flat & open culture and value diversity. We are hiring at our SF and Berlin offices: https://celo.org/jobs https://celo.org/jobs More about Celo: "Hello From Celo" - https://medium.com/@celo.org/hello-from-celo-34bf195cb99 https://medium.com/@celo.org/hello-from-celo-34bf195cb99

gHosts 8y ago
> Our mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for all. Your web site basically says "Apple Pay", but without Apple. So how do you get from that to, "a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for all"?
gHosts 8y ago
> opening a bank account but for claiming various other essential services, such as healthcare and education. Where such services are provided by a functioning state maybe, but if they are, they also have a functioning currency and banking sector. Where their isn't.... I had a Ukrainian friend who said in the worst days of state dysfunction (now decades ago), the de facto currency was bottles of vodka. At least with a bottle of vodka, you can drown your sorrows if your currency crashes.... So your zeroth challenge is "How is Celo better and cheaper and more trustworthy than a bottle of vodka?