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:title: GRE for ME
:author: Grace Rachmany
:date: Jul 16 2021
:slug: gre-for
:summary: Thank you for doing the sacred and life-preserving work of creating financial opportunity and elevating peoples dignity
:tags: testimonial
.. image:: images/blog/gre-for1.webp
To be perfectly honest, which isnt necessarily considered a virtue in the blockchain space, Grassroots Economics is my absolute favorite community currency project on the face of the earth and I couldnt be more excited to join as an advisor. Some people might not know that there are thousands of community and complementary currencies out there. As a money-alternatives activist, cypherpunk, and digital democracy expert, I have the opportunity to speak to and advise quite a few community currency projects—but Grassroots Economics has a special place in my heart so its with great joy that I accepted Will & Shailas invitation to join the board.
For those who arent familiar with my work, you can find more about me on `LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccarachmany/>`_ and on my `Odysee <https://odysee.com/@SufficiencyCurrency:7/MoneyIsSoLastCentury:a>`_ channels. I host a regular open weekly meeting on these topics and teach a workshop on rethinking our financial and governmental systems. My place in the industry is somewhat of a contrarian. I maintain a long memory of unsuccessful startups, failed cryptocurrency projects, and ideas that didnt hold up in the real world. Founders love talking to me because I can point to flaws in their thinking, connect them with people whove tried similar thing, and give them examples of what has and hasnt worked in their industry.
What I cant do is point to a lot of long-term success stories.
Thats what I love about GRE. Say what you want, but Grassroots Economics has run successful deployment after successful deployment. The team applies what works from each project to the next project. They change the underlying tech when they find something better. Ive never seen such a fast-moving and flexible team or such brilliance at execution, year after year. What I love about Grassroots Economics is that its never about what the (genius) founder thinks. Its always about what works and what doesnt work on the ground.
Thats why GRE has tens of thousands of users and other projects fade after months or years. Thats why even I cant maintain my contrarian attitude in conversation with Shaila, Will and their team. They arent working in a laboratory—they are on the ground, making a profound difference in the places that need it most—not flying around to conferences, talking about banking the unbanked, making fancy presentations or speculating on the future price of their tokens. Theres only one thing that matters at Grassroots Economics: creating currencies that improve the economic situation of the people who use them.
Thank you for having me as an advisor on your team. And, more than anything, thank you for doing the sacred and life-preserving work of creating financial opportunity and elevating peoples dignity in some of the darkest parts of the world. Its an honor to serve.
-Grace Rachmany