Zippcoin: Women Over Men
Many are losing track of all the up-and-coming digital currencies making their way into the online payments market. Between Bitcoin, Litecoin, Altcoin, Darkcoin and Dogecoin, we already have quite a few to remember. Then, some others began popping up... Swiftcoin, PayCoin, Bytecent, Ultracoin, Feathercoin, MiracleCoin... Have we left any out yet? Is your brain beginning to hurt? Well, here's one for you... It's called Zippcoin, and it's doing a few interesting things to earn itself some necessary attention. For example, its users receive a weekly "allowance," and men receive a smaller....
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Zippcoin is an experiment in digital currency, rather than a full-blown cryptocurrency with the security of a blockchain or the perils of mining costs. It bills itself as transparent, utilitarian, and egalitarian, with those registered as female receiving a larger weekly base allowance than those registering as men. Yes, that's right: allowance. Like MiracleCoin, the cryptocurrency that is distributed directly to wallets rather than miners and relies on proof-of-stake to secure its network, everyone with a Zippcoin account receives an allowance every single week. CCN couldn't help but get....
Sunday wasInternational Women's Day, when the Bitcoin community is joined with others around the world to promote awareness of women's issues by launching its firstBitcoin Women's Day. Like International Women's Day, "Bitcoin Women's Day is not just for women," says Sarah Boone Martin of the Digital Currency Council. The issues that women are concerned about - equal access to healthcare, to financial systems, to the world economy, to employment, to education; a sustainable environment, personal safety, security and autonomy - these are all issues that are important to the Bitcoin community....
Crypto isn’t gender-biased but it seems that more women in the United States are now into it. According to a recent Gemini survey, around 53% of those who expressed their interest in investing in crypto are women. However, the survey coming from the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange revealed the opposite as only 26% of women actually […]
The latest survey from BlockFi shows that women are more interested in cryptocurrencies than ever, with one-third planning on buying digital assets this year. Furthermore, 60% of these women say they will be doing so within the next few months. The current survey depicts double women’s interest compared to the exact nature of the study […]
This is a guest post by Digital Currency Councilmember Amor Sexton. Western Union released a reporton the role of women in global remittances. According to the report, women currently move 50 percent of the estimated $582 billion global remittances, and they send a greater percentage of their wages than men. Women also are the largest group of recipients, receiving over two-thirds of remittances. The flow of money to these women can be a matter of life and death if they have no alternative means of earning a living. The United Nations reports that despite women working two-thirds of the....