A Serious Problem: Women are Missing Out on the Crypto Revolution

From the information we’ve been able to gather, the statistics are bleak for women in crypto. Currently, only 5–7% of the users of cryptocurrencies are female. This means they’re missing out on the largest creation and transfer of wealth in human history, and all of us will be poorer for it. The Divi Project hopes to do something to change that.

How would today’s social media landscape be different if women had conceived and developed the first social networking sites? Would ride-sharing apps function differently if they too had been conceived and designed by women? Would the very foundational structure of the Internet be different if more women had been present and involved in its early design?

What if there had been as many female Internet billionaires as male ones? What kind of philanthropic projects would women billionaires have started? How would the power dynamic between men and women globally be different if there were more economically independent women?

How would the world be different?

We can only speculate on the answers to these questions, but it’s safe to assume if women had been more involved in the early Internet, the world would be at least a little different. And it would probably be at least a little better for not only women but very likely for all humans.

Women have consistently been latecomers to technological revolutions. This has serious consequences, perhaps the least of which is missing out on individual financial gain and personal development. The consequences of women having a diminished impact on the evolution of the technology due to their being absent in its formative stages represent a huge loss for the advancement of women and indeed for humanity itself.

The blockchain revolution of today is reshaping not only the Internet but the very power structures of everything from global finance to personal identity.
The impact that early adopters have to a new technology is disproportionate to their numbers. The rules they create, the platforms they build, the user experience they develop sometimes from their mere presence alone (they don’t even have to be developers), ends up permeating long after they have retired or moved on to other projects.

The current state of blockchain technology is like the Internet in the early nineties. There’s still plenty of time for newcomers to have a big impact. This is why it’s so important for women to get involved now.

The Divi project is focusing on bringing more women’s voices on board for three synergistic reasons:

• Having more women’s voices on the Divi project should increase the number of women users of the Divi platform.
• Attracting women users to the platform will tip the scales, allowing Divi to be the first to bring mass adoption to cryptocurrencies.
• Having a greater gender balance will bring new, fresh ideas, making The Divi Project a much stronger cryptocurrency platform.

That’s why Divi is putting together an advisory board of leading female tech entrepreneurs and executives to recommend best practices, feature sets, and platform design.

One such board member is entrepreneur, mother, and life-coach, Kelsey Matheson: “As our roles evolve as women we have a responsibility to get involved and claim our space within this world-wide, financial revolution. I’m grateful to the Divi Project for opening my eyes so I can do just that.”

As an individual, your involvement might start with something as simple as joining the platform as an early adopter. Doing so you will have a say as to how the platform evolves.

Participating in the Divi Project gives you a bigger impact. Owning Divi cryptocurrency means your voice is stronger on the network, allowing you to have an impact on how it develops.

Why not have an even bigger impact by joining the Divi Team? Start by getting involved in the discussion on our Telegram channel.