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Field Notes: Undercollateralized DeFi Pilot in Colombia

How might we deploy credit which unleashes potential for 5B mobile phone users around the world?

Aug 3, 2021

Field Notes: Undercollateralized DeFi Pilot in Colombia

Aug 3, 2021

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Field Notes: Venezuelans in Colombia

Process & insights from a week of immersive research with the team working on Celo

May 30, 2019

Field Notes: Venezuelans in Colombia

May 30, 2019

James Downer

Bitcoin Energy Consumption: A Breakthrough in Energy Liquidity

If our objective is to increase green energy production, we need to think as much about consumption as production. Renewable generation…

Apr 10, 2018

Bitcoin Energy Consumption: A Breakthrough in Energy Liquidity

Apr 10, 2018

James Downer

Nicaragua in Numbers: Mapping the Last Mile

There’s good reason that electricity grid providers haven’t reached many parts of rural Nicaragua. The last mile is the hardest to reach…

Dec 4, 2015

Nicaragua in Numbers: Mapping the Last Mile

Dec 4, 2015

James Downer

Exponential Distribution

One of the big questions we get at Colibrí is “if the base of the pyramid is such an opportunity, why is it still overlooked?” With every…

Nov 13, 2015

Exponential Distribution

Nov 13, 2015

James Downer

Losing Trust in your Currency

A rational incentive for bitcoin adoption

Jun 14, 2014

Losing Trust in your Currency

Jun 14, 2014

James Downer

Bitcoin and the Dólar Blue in Argentina

Apr 23, 2014

Bitcoin and the Dólar Blue in Argentina

Apr 23, 2014

James Downer

James Downer

As a kid, I resolved to plant more trees. Former Co-founder @Colibri_Global. Solar power, cryptocurrency, optimistic capitalist, sometimes ultras.

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