A bit more reading on the cryptocurrency issues:
Cynical:
Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain | HackerNoon
New co-op, French, “Via its smart bridge technology, Ark aims to position itself as the “cryptocurrency of cryptocurrencies” Members from a dozen different countries, main objective will be to create blockchain ecosystems:
thenews.coop/125250/topic/co-operative-cryptocurrency-venture-launched-france
And this, also from Co-op News: A team of Spanish engineers is developing a Blockchain platform to enable renewable energy co-ops to exchange the power they generate. (I’m thinking there may be a useful parallel between ‘exchanging the power they generate’ and co-ops within CoTech sharing/exchanging the wealth/work they generate?)
thenews.coop/124505/sector/blockchain-technology-give-competitive-advantage-renewable-energy-co-ops/