grassroots-pelican - Articles by Will Ruddick

By Will Ruddick
Fri 07 August 2020

Sarafu Network Kenya Mid-Year CIC Update

We've reached nearly 90Million worth (~900,000 USD) of Community Inclusion Currency trading between 30,0000 users in Kenya for basic needs.

By Will Ruddick
Sat 25 July 2020

We are learning together about this absolutely virtuous cycle of ReCommoning.

By Will Ruddick
Sat 11 July 2020

The end effect is that communities have a way to create their own credit systems for supporting themselves responsibly with both social and

By Will Ruddick
Sun 14 June 2020

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...

By Will Ruddick
Mon 23 March 2020

With unstable food systems and deteriorating markets and supply chains, knowing how to target aid is crucial to providing relief and buildin

By Will Ruddick
Sat 21 March 2020

Even when you have no money you are not poor. Building a Public Registry for Community Currencies.

By Will Ruddick
Sun 01 March 2020

In the last 30 days we have had 3015 users making at least 1 trade. For a volume of 2,336,655 Tokens (~23k USD equivalent of goods and...

By Will Ruddick
Mon 27 January 2020

These may sound like small improvements, but because of them our current, 8000+ and growing, users will be able to trade and create CICs to

By Will Ruddick
Sun 19 January 2020

How do you have a proper checkers tournament when no one can pay the entry fees? Jacob the organizer saw an opportunity. His neighbors in...

By Will Ruddick
Fri 03 January 2020

With every transaction being logged anonymously on a public blockchain we have unprecedented insight into what living below the poverty...