Bitcoin can help end poverty in the sense that, "an ideal digital bank of the future would not only offer payments through fiat and cryptocurrencies, but also have fully integrated marketplaces for various value chain players enabled by a multitude of mobile and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) technologies, while offering a range of cross-platform service offerings to its consumers globally. (1)” In other words, a blockchain based bank built for everyone, not just for people in developing countries.(2)
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(1) http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/2cmcBNpUzl3UM1hHjUx4yL/Digital-bank-of-the-future.html
(2) https://medium.com/@BABB/chapter-two-beyond-financial-inclusion-41497d5ed73