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Arguments like this one strike me as extremely condescending. Have you directly spoken to developing world farmers who have experienced these problems? Do you
by Finbarr 4y ago
Arguments like this one strike me as extremely condescending.
Have you directly spoken to developing world farmers who have experienced these problems?
Do you think people with these problems are just clamoring for the first world to come in and solve this for them with blockchain technology?
Do you think all of the participants in the situation you described would even adopt blockchain (the small farmer, the larger farmer who wants to steal land, the corrupt central government officials open to bribes)? If so, why? It seems the only person with an incentive for change is the one least likely to have strong influence for that change.
- acdha 4y ago> Do you think people with these problems are just clamoring for the first world to come in and solve this for them with blockchain technology? Especially in this case where the pitch is “commit now to paying me and friends first world transaction fees on everything you do, and maybe we’ll figure out how to help with the actual hard problems in the future”. If the real goal is helping small farmers I’d expect the answer to involve things like paying for accurate surveying and working with big agricultural buyers so the calculation changes from “bribe local official to ignore this small farmer’s deed; profit!” to include things like major buyers not buying from any of your farms.