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If you support better access to academic papers, please support one.surgery[0].

They have a new business model, where only the first X people to request a paper need to pay an amount to access it, after that the payment becomes optional. It's supported by cryptocurrency, so it's accessible to people without banking, if needed. (One of the most legit usecases for crypto I've found).

[0] https://one.surgery




Serious question -- how is crypto more accessible to people without banks?


It isn't. There are more people without access to internet than to a bank. Vast majority of unbanked are the poorest in the world and while they have access to a bank they have no need for it since they have nothing to put in it. If you want to help the unbanked you give them paying jobs. Idea that crypto somehow helps the unbanked is fiction.




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