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On Thursday, August 5, Metis hosted its first-ever livestream fireside chat. Moderated by Metis CEO Elena Sinelnikova with special guests Emerge Founder/CEO Lucia Gallardo and Opolis Founder/Steward John Paller, the event focused on the future of work, and how blockchain technology can be deployed for social good.
Elena Sinelnikova began the event by discussing how the mission of blockchain has always been about solving problems with equitable solutions. Everything from financial inclusion to worker rights and protections can be improved through the use of blockchain.
Gallardo agreed, recounting her journey into blockchain, one that started in earnest when she was just 8 years old. She grew up in Honduras, where inequality (from income to basic services) ruled. She’s since devoted her life and career to fostering equitable conditions when it comes to work. That’s what led her company Emerge to patent the idea of Impact-as-a-Service, baking Impact and human-based solutions into everything it does.
The discussion then shifted to Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). Opolis has taken an incremental approach, working on convincing geographic jurisdictions (and the politicians within those jurisdictions) of the value of DAOs. The first and most visible step was Opolis’s success in guiding the U.S. state of…
