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Bitcoin Is Digital Oil Well Fueling Rural Texas Economic Revival, Mayor Says
8.10.2024
Mayor Ward Roddam of Rockdale, Texas, sees bitcoin mining as the key to his town’s resurgence after the devastating closure of its largest employer, Alcoa. Comparing it to Texas’ oil boom, Roddam highlights how this modern technology is creating jobs, boosting revenue, and funding...
How Web3 is Revolutionizing Water Access in Rural India
12.7.2024
The Crypto Council for Innovation has highlighted the positive impact of web3 in rural India through a case study that demonstrated improved water access. Decentralized solutions, like those implemented by Atlantis DAO, are transforming water availability and creating economic opportunities...
Kenyan Volcano Turns on Lights in Rural Homes with Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Mining Support
21.4.2024
In a remote region of Kenya, a group of Bitcoin miners has found an innovative way to power their operations and bring electricity to rural homes.
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RBI Governor Suggests Offline Initiatives to Drive Digital Rupee Adoption in Remote Areas
8.2.2024
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has suggested using offline solutions to boost the adoption of the central bank’s digital rupee in remote areas. The RBI will evaluate various offline solutions, including proximity and non-proximity-based options, in hilly, rural,...
Banks Flock to Chinese Digital Yuan Pilot – 60 Now Offer CBDC Wallets
20.12.2023
Source: Sean K/Adobe Nine more banks have joined China’s digital yuan pilot, bolstering the number of banks offering CBDC wallets to 60. Per Beijing Business Today (via Sohu), the latest batch of commercial banks to join the pilot include three big city-based banks and six rural banks. City-based...
Pokemon Go’s Routes Attempt To Fix A Contentious Issue, But Is It Enough?
12.6.2023
Pokémon Go has been under a lot of scrutiny from the rural community since it launched back in 2016, but things have been especially tense lately. Since developer Niantic rebalanced Remote Raid Passes, a feature that lets you engage with specific mechanics of the AR game without having to be...
Gridless Is Extending Power to Rural Africa
17.4.2023
Bitcoin mining has a dirty reputation for using more energy than some small countries. But African cryptominers have found a way to use their consumption to keep the lights on in rural communities. That’s why Gridless is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023
Bitcoin mining project in Kenya helps power rural community
9.12.2022
Gridless Compute, a hydro-powered Bitcoin mining initiative, tweeted that the project has successfully powered a rural community and lowered its existing energy rates
Kenyan Farmers Pivot to Cryptocurrency as Popularity of Community Currencies Grows
28.7.2021
The growth and popularity of community inclusion cryptocurrencies in Kenya continues to soar with the country’s rural farmers being the latest group to embrace the financial technology. As one report reveals, some farmers in Kenya’s countryside are now accepting cryptocurrency...
Stablecoin Adoption Skyrockets in Rural South Korean Province
28.7.2020
A South Korean county with a population of mostly elderly residents has seen a strong rise in stablecoin adoption
Coronavirus Fuels P2P Connectivity: Crypto-Driven Meshnet Gives Rural Towns Internet
2.4.2020
While the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the economy across the U.S., a number of the 1,737 residents from Clatskanie, Oregon can’t obtain an internet service provider (ISP). The situation has motivated the town to adopt a decentralized meshnet ISP called Althea and the network’s users...
Securitize Launches Tokenized Platform to Revitalize Japan’s Rural Property Market
10.3.2020
The platform has been set up to help reinvigorate smaller towns and villages in rural Japan
Another Chinese Lender Bailed Out After Bank Run
3.11.2019
Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank, a lender operating in the central Henan province, has become the latest Chinese bank to be bailed out by the government this year. The small financial institution, which has around 30 branches only in the Yichuan county, experienced a bank run sparked by rumors that...
Why Bitmain Is Building the World’s Largest Bitcoin Mine in Rural Texas
22.10.2019
Bitmain's new bitcoin mine exploits cheap electricity in Texas, the nation's biggest power market. Locals are happy for the new jobs
Power Ledger Goes to Rural Australia to Trade Surplus Energy via DLT
10.9.2019
Australian energy startup Power Ledger launches its first trial of P2P tech in the outback to trade surplus energy on the blockchain
How Blockchain Could Help Rural South Africa Turn Sunshine Into Income
16.6.2019
Solar has lit up remote communities. The next step is to link these communities to an energy market.
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The way energy is produced and distributed is changing rapidly as the industry moves away from carbon-based energy production. Technological development in...
Bitcoin Mining With Solar: Less Risky and More Profitable Than Selling to the Grid
31.5.2019
The energy used to mine bitcoin has long caused debate over whether it’s a wasteful process. As the arguments have rumbled on, some people have been focused on mining coins with renewable energy. On May 29, Christian Ander, the founder of Stockholm’s Btcx exchange, explained how instead...