I love Andreas but I disagree with him on this. The 3rd world nations are not going to be the ones who push BTC up. There is one simply reason for this...
BTC is a currency token...that is the problem for people in 3rd world nations...they have no currency, USD, Euro, BTC. How are they going to get BTC if they have no money and very little commerce.
Wall Street is what is going to send BTC up. The institutions are coming and they will go long BTC. That is the digital gold they like since it has the name and the liquidity.
That is why I love STEEM and Manna. The humanitarian side of things tells me cryptocurrency is the answer for the unbanked but it isnt BTC. It is a token they can acquire.
STEEM is earned...Manna is given out freely as a basic income....that will provide those people with a means of getting tokens without having fiat.
Well, Andreas did talk about families using BTC instead of fiat from the west to 3rd world for better transactionrates!
But he, Steem could do the same for sure!
Wonderful perspective! I know somebody on here from Venezuela who is making a living thanks to Steemit, so in that sense you're absolutely right
I follow the plight of a lot from Nigeria and Indonesia.
They are in the same boat...making their living from STEEM. A few STEEM really goes a long way in those countries.