The Trusted Lending Circle is known as a tanda or cundina in Latin America, as a susu in West Africa, as a hui in China, and as a ROSCA to social scientists. The term “biao hui” (标会 or 標會) is the Chinese term used to describe someone…

Chinese Hui Lending Circles in America

In China, hui lending circles are very popular throughout the country, but what about among…

Tandas: Empowering Latin American Women

Tandas are a type of informal economic mechanism popular throughout Latin America. The…

Tandas in a Recession

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Reuters described a group of Mexican colleagues starting a tanda to pool…

IPSE, short for Interplanetary Search Engine, is an unique dApp based on the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) hypermedia protocol that many believe will replace http. Compared to traditional search engines, IPSE is secured by encryption, decentralized and distributed…

Blockchain Identity for Social Media

Think of the last Craigslist transaction you completed. Maybe you were buying a sofa, or…