Aryn Baker
People in Halfaya, Syria, waiting to receive humanitarian aid. The funds were being distributed through HesabPay, a blockchain-based system developed in Afghanistan. The repressive Taliban government is suspicious of the internet. But a start-up in the country is building blockchain-based tools to transform humanitarian aid.
People in Halfaya, Syria, waiting to receive humanitarian aid. The funds were being distributed through HesabPay, a blockchain-based system developed in Afghanistan.Credit. At a bustling money changer in northwestern Syria, a 46-year-old farmer gripped a plastic card like a lifeline. She had never heard of cryptocurrency, but the card held $500 of it to help restart her farm after nearly 14 years of civil war.
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