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The Blockchain for Humanity organization announced the winners of the 2018 edition of its awards, created to promote blockchain projects with the potential to generate positive social change.
The winners were announced as part of the LaBitconf 2018 event, which takes place in Santiago de Chile from December 5 of this year.
Among the winners in the Dreamer category is a group of young people from Frankfurt School, who developed an investment platform for social impact projects. The startup, which is called the Crypto Development Fund (CDF), will allow international investors to finance companies with social impact in developing countries. Simon Scholz, co-founder of the project, pointed out that the use of blockchain technology makes it possible to make money transfer to developing countries more efficient and faster. CDF also received the award granted by the LaBitconf community.
Another winning startup is Cripto Concierge, an educational project to teach merchants and users to perform transactions with cryptocurrencies. The proposal of this group includes the support to the Venezuelan refugees on the border with Colombia. After receiving the training, the participants receive incentives in critpoactives, which they can later spend on food and medicines in the businesses that take part in the project. The initial goal is to achieve 50% adoption between stores and users.
The third award-winning project was developed in Argentina. It is about Waba Network, a startup that created two networks based on blockchain. The first, called MonedaPar.com, facilitates sales and access to credit of 800 micro-SMEs. The second is Discoin, a payment network that allows the inhabitants of the Argentine city of La Plata to buy locally in 40 stores.
The winners in the Dreamers category receive financial support, guidance and advice from business, legal and technical mentors from the b4H Decentralized Altruistic Community (DAC) built on the Giveth platform. The purpose of the prize is to guarantee that the projects achieve an optimal final product.
In the Shapers category, the Helperbit donation platform, the TYKN digital identity project, and the startup focused on social inclusion DIDI were favored.
The b4H organization emerged in 2017 with the support of Blockchain4Goodrocks, Bitcoin Argentina and RSK Labs. The first edition of the awards was held within the framework of LaBITconf 2017, held in Bogotá, Colombia.
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