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According to the New York Times, in May 2018, women in the blockchain industry accounted for about 13% of the total number of people, and in February 2018 this proportion was even lower, only a pitiful 6%. Compared with the proportion of 40% of women in the Internet industry, the blockchain industry is really pitiful.
An emerging industry has neither male gender advantages nor discrimination against women, but why are there so few women?
From the origin of blockchain technology , it was born among specific types of people such as digital geeks and programmers. Therefore, early followers of blockchain and cryptocurrencies basically belong to this group. Unfortunately, there are too few women in this group. "According to UNESCO, less than 30% of technicians around the world are women. Obviously, this is not because women are weak in these areas, but because they are neither guided nor encouraged to enter these industries." The blockchain industry is in its early stages of development, and early employment is mainly concentrated in the technology field, so there are few women. Later, with the development of the blockchain industry, different fields gradually became richer and more types of talents were needed, so the number of female employees continued to increase.
This is good news. The proportion of women in the blockchain industry is constantly increasing. From February to May 2018, the number of female practitioners directly doubled.
Although the number of women in the industry was relatively small before, women also made outstanding contributions to the development of the blockchain industry.
You must have heard of the women mentioned next.
Elizabeth Stark
Perhaps everyone is more familiar with Lightning Network, Elizabeth Stark is the founder and CEO of Lightning Network. Borrowing a picture from a netizen, you will understand what position Elizabeth has in the blockchain industry.
She graduated from Harvard Law School in her early years. She was fond of computer technology. She developed a system that specializes in helping students learn while teaching. It is precisely because Elizabeth's legal and technical background that inspired her interest in distributed network and technology, that Lightning Network is now one of the best large-scale transaction technologies in the Bitcoin network. In addition, Elizabeth is also one of the core contributors to the Bitcoin community and has given many startups good guidance. At the same time, she is also one of the members of CoinCenter.
Caitlin Long
Caitlin Long has been paying attention to blockchain since 2012. She has worked on Wall Street for 22 years and served as managing director of Morgan Stanley . In 2016, Caitlin Long joined blockchain startup Symbiont as chairman and chairman of the board.
He Yi
He Yi As the number one sister in the domestic currency circle, I believe many people are very familiar with her. In 2014, He Yi joined okcoin and became the co-founder, and then okcoin became the largest trading platform in the Bitcoin industry. At the end of 2015, He Yi left okcoin and joined Yi Technology with a market value of 20 billion yuan, becoming vice president. Later, he returned to the currency circle and served as CMO, co-founder and director.
In fact, blockchain is a very innovative and cool technology. It is borderless and gender-free. No matter which country you come from, what gender you are, and what kind of work you are engaged in, you can participate in it and enjoy the changes brought by blockchain technology. If you have enough knowledge and technology, you can be respected.
Women have made outstanding contributions to the development of the blockchain industry, which cannot be ignored. On the other hand, blockchain will also provide more help to women.
As an example, there are still many unfair things in women’s rights to obtain income and financial services worldwide. In Saudi Arabia, women will be prohibited from applying for business loans and business licenses unless two men guarantee them.There are more similar inequities in the Arab region. In addition, in many parts of the world, even some backward areas in China, women are required to become full-time housewives after marriage, and their husbands refuse to join the work to earn income.
blockchain technology can of course be studied to solve these problems. But in fact, these problems come more from people's concept of inequality, and women's independence and strength are better solutions to the problem.
The good phenomenon is that more and more women are entering the blockchain industry, becoming corporate executives, or playing their roles. To be honest, they are all cool! This is an industry that is very open to women and new ideas, so blockchain is still a good helper and can become the power for women to change the world and change people's inherent ideas.
Eva Kaili, a member of the European Parliament from Greece, said: "Women have a better understanding of the technology of blockchain, and I firmly believe that through this technology, you can have a significant impact on the future."
