Where Blockchain Actually Matters: How Emerging Markets Lead the Web3 Revolution

ISBN-13: 9783565139965 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str.

David Patterson

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While Silicon Valley debates NFT art, Nigerians use crypto to protect savings from 20% inflation. While New York speculates on tokens, Filipinos send billions in remittances via blockchain for pennies. The real Web3 revolution isn't happening where you think.This groundbreaking guide reveals how emerging markets are leading blockchain adoption through genuine necessity rather than speculative fervor. You'll discover how people in developing economies use cryptocurrency for survival, commerce, and opportunity-solving problems wealthy nations don't face with infrastructure they can't access.Explore real-world adoption across regions: how Venezuelans preserve wealth during hyperinflation, why Kenyan farmers use blockchain for crop insurance, how Indian workers bypass predatory remittance fees, what Nigerian entrepreneurs build when traditional banking excludes them, and why Southeast Asian gaming economies thrive on crypto earnings.Understand challenges unique to emerging markets: unreliable electricity forcing solar-powered mining, limited internet requiring offline transaction methods, low smartphone penetration driving SMS-based wallets, regulatory uncertainty in countries without clear frameworks, and scam vulnerability among populations lacking financial literacy. Learn how innovators overcome each obstacle through creative solutions impossible in developed markets.

When inflation destroyed her savings overnight, Maria didn't buy Bitcoin to get rich-she bought it to eat.