Blocscribe is the official publication arm of Bankless Africa offering high-quality insights into how Africans can harness blockchain technology to build wealth and take back control of their finances, governance, and society. In the past couple of years, the state of crypto adoption in Africa has continuously skyrocketed with Africa currently ranking 11th on the global crypto adoption index. While this is great, many Africans seem to be missing out on the more diverse, valuable, and impactful sectors within blockchain technology.

This is why Blocscribe exists.

What we will publish

At the moment, Blocscribe is an internal publication. This means we’ll mostly be publishing articles and research reports produced within the Bankless Africa community but, we’re working towards opening Blocscribe up to the wider African community in the future.

Here’s what we hope to explore in the future;

We’re looking to publish articles and essays that sit at the intersection of cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance, Decentralized organizations/governance, and non-fungible tokens and poke at them until we find instances or truths on how the technology/ philosophy around these tools can help solve the world's problems, primarily Africa’s.

Here are some ideas/prompts to get your writing juice flowing;

“The most helpful quality a writer can cultivate is self-confidence – arrogance if you can manage it. You write to impose yourself on the world, and you have to believe in your own ability when the world shows no sign of agreeing with you.” - Hilary Mantel

Decentralized communities;

The African continent is ripe with young people with interest and experience in forming online communities some of which have led to various movements. Writing that explores what DAOs are, analysis of strong decentralized communities, how they can spur political and social change and movements, DAOs vs trad organization, DAO governance models, challenges, and IRL applications. DAO tokenomics, security, and scalability are duly welcome.

Blockchain basics and their applications within Africa;

Analyses of high-performing blockchains within the African market, African blockchain startups, wallet security, distributed ledgers, EVMs, exploration of IPFS, consensus algorithm and use cases within Africa.

Going bankless (DeFi);

DeFi has succeeded in democratizing access to financial services and removed the need for middlemen, especially Tradfi. Going Bankless is something many within the DAO have written about, but there’s very little on how it applies to the African content. We encourage articles and essays that help Africans understand what going bankless means, financial and portfolio management, everything from DeFi as alternatives to Tradfi, lending and borrowing, global and African defi regulation and risks, defi tools and exchanges, cross-border payments and remittances, financial inclusion for underbanked regions within Africa.

Token engineering

Introduction to Token Engineering: Principles and Concepts, Role of Tokens in Decentralized Systems, Token Design: Understanding Tok zd enomics, Token Curated Registries: Building and Managing Lists with Tokens, Token Bonding Curves: How They Work and When to Use Them, Token Distribution Mechanisms: ICOs, Airdrops, and Beyond, Governance in Tokenized Systems: Balancing Centralization and Decentralization, Game Theory in Token Engineering: Incentive Alignment and Mechanism Design, Token Engineering for Sustainability: Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors, Security in Tokenized Systems: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Best Practices.

Web3 culture and philosophy

Exploring the core beliefs and values behind the decentralization movement, and how they impact web3 culture. The ethics of blockchain: ethical implications of blockchain technology and its impact on society, particularly in terms of privacy, security, and transparency. Crypto-anarchism: Examining the political philosophy of crypto-anarchism and how it relates to the web3 movement, particularly in terms of decentralization, individual sovereignty, and economic freedom. The role of trust in web3: Exploring how trust functions in web3 environments, and how it differs from traditional trust models in centralized systems. Web3 and identity: Examining how web3 can transform our understanding of identity, particularly in terms of self-sovereign identity, pseudonymity, and anonymity.

Builder focused.

We’re looking to help more technically skilled folks understand what blockchain projects they can experiment with and build on. Introduction to Web3 development (basics), Building decentralized applications (dApps) using Web3, understanding blockchain technology and its role in Web3 development, building smart contracts with Solidity, Web3 development using Ethereum, building decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on Web3, NFTs, and Web3: How to build and deploy Non-Fungible Tokens, Web3 infrastructure and deployment options, Web3 development with Polkadot Cardano, Binance Smart Chain, Tezos, Avalanche, optimism, Arbitrum, and other African blockchains. Public goods funding and Venture capital topics also fit into this category.

We’ll also be open to essays outside of those listed above so feel free to also explore them as long as you’re confident in your understanding of them.

Super stoked to explore the immense potential of Blocscribe with you all!