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<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="../collateral-bonded.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Collateral Bonded Gas for Block Validation">Collateral Bonded Gas for Block Validation</a></h2>
<div class="entry-content"> <p class="first last">In order to spread adoption of a new economic models that heal economic trauma and use blockchain as a source of truth that connects us...</p>
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<time class="published" datetime="2020-05-11T00:00:00+03:00"> Mon 11 May 2020 </time>
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<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="../covid-19-blockchain.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to COVID-19 Blockchain Crisis Response - CICs at 500% Growth">COVID-19 Blockchain Crisis Response - CICs at 500% Growth</a></h2>
<div class="entry-content"> <p class="first last">Since we started using blockchain for CICs in September 2018 we have seen nearly half a million dollars (482k USD) worth of trade via 154k t</p>
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<div class="entry-content"> <p class="first last">A Community Inclusion Currency (CIC) is way to transparently establish a credit system to enable local markets to thrive and link...</p>
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<div class="entry-content"> <p class="first last">In 30 days we have seen that by injecting a medium of exchange (CICs) nearly 100,000 USD have been traded in over 1,600 daily transactions</p>
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<div class="entry-content"> <p class="first last">With unstable food systems and deteriorating markets and supply chains, knowing how to target aid is crucial to providing relief and buildin</p>
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