About

Social inclusion is at the heart of IOV’s purpose as an organization. It is of foremost importance in the post-COVID era, to help marginalized communities by providing better access to fair markets and financial services thanks to reputational profiles based on social and economic contributions made by individuals.

IOV is sponsoring the socio-economic inclusion track of #PCH2020, where global teams are invited to create innovative solutions to tackle issues brought upon us by the pandemic, utilizing blockchain technologies. We look forward to the use cases developed as a result of the hackathon, which we expect will have a positive impact in the post-pandemic society as a whole.

In this event, we will cover the following:

• Improving access to fair markets

• Improving access to financial services

• How blockchain and other decentralised technologies can help

• The need for innovation in the post-COVID era

About Diego

A pioneer of web development in Argentina and Latin America since 1995, Diego was also one of the first persons to foster and develop Bitcoin and blockchain technology in Latin America, which he has done since 2012. In addition to RSK Labs, he also has co-founded Koibanx, another blockchain company that is aiming to transform the potential of Bitcoin and blockchain technologies into real use cases, which serve as a driver for social and economic change.

Diego is also co-founder of the Argentine Bitcoin NGO, with over 5000 members registered at the meetups and 30,000 members in its online community, and the first Bitcoin Center in Latam. He is also president and co-founder of the Bitcoin Latam NGO, where he helped create a network of Bitcoin communities with presence in 9 countries in the region and the longest running Bitcoin Conference in the world (www.labitconf.com).

His extensive experience includes being part of the founding teams of some of the most well-known digital projects in Argentina and Latin America, including Clarín Digital (Argentina’s largest newspaper´s website), Patagon.com (a financial community sold to Banco Santander for 750M), Internet Argentina (the first Argentine ISP to provide ADSL) and Edunexo (provider of an SaaS platform to administer public and private educational institutions in Latin America and Spain). He also held the position of head of R&D at ElSitio.com, where he led a team of 25 developers.

About Post Covid Hack

The COVID-19 crisis side-effects risk erasing decades of the progress of poverty alleviation and social impact initiatives while widening the income, gender, and digital divide. Unemployment, job precarity, and credit default rates are rising. We need to act now to accelerate the economic and social recovery process, reduce the post-COVID risks, and start building a society now which is better equipped for the “new normal”.

The Post COVID Hack hosted by Indorse and Coinsilium with our headline sponsor IOVlabs will create a bridge between hidden talents and teams and blockchain companies. The global hackathon, therefore, provides a platform to establish long term relationships and partnerships within the industry, further product and user adoption and develop incredible technologies.

Theme

The hack is split into two tracks, the Socio-economic Inclusion track, which includes use cases but not limited to such as Social ID & Reputation, Impact Investment & Crowdlending, Community Currency Issuance and Community Wallets. The second track is an Open Track, with use cases around Health, Gamification and Privacy & Security.

Partners / Stakeholders

Many partners including IOVlabs, Blockchain for Humanity, Government of Gibraltar, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation, the National Innovation Agency of Thailand, Kucoin, Mischon de Raya, as well as a number of blockchain societies from leading universities such as University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Imperial College of London, University College of London, King’s College London plus many more are supporting the Post COVID Hack initiative.