Can Blockchain Rebuild Trust in Global Cooperatives?

This article explores how blockchain and smart contracts can modernize traditional cooperatives by solving trust, governance, and coordination issues. It proposes a mobile-first app interface where contributions, profit-sharing, and conflict resolution are transparently managed via on-chain Reputation Scores. Despite hurdles like onboarding and tech literacy, the piece offers a practical vision for scalable, global cooperative networks driven by trust and digital accountability.

Do you have people you can trust with your life?

Regardless of your current situation, human society is built on the assumption of entrusting our lives to each other in public. It allows us more time to spend on enriching life than avoiding death, and in this way humanity exists as an implicit global cooperative.

We believe in our imperfect systems and hope that others will act in the best interest of the collective. Regardless of the countless daily reports of system failure ...