Hi HN,

I’m working on Rescathena, an early-stage open initiative exploring how blockchain technology could be used to support transparency and accountability in social and humanitarian contexts — without hype, tokens, or speculative incentives.

The project is intentionally slow, open, and experimental. Right now, I’m less interested in “building fast” and more interested in thinking well about:

governance

trust

incentives beyond money

where decentralized tech actually helps (and where it doesn’t)

I’m sharing this here because I’m curious to hear from people who:

care about social impact or public good

are skeptical but open-minded about blockchain

might want to contribute ideas, research, writing, or code over time

No pressure, no roadmap promises — just an honest attempt to explore a hard problem in the open.

Project page: https://rescathena.com/

I’d genuinely appreciate feedback, critique, or pointers to people/communities thinking along similar lines.

Pretty sure idealists won’t touch blockchain.

I’ve tried really hard to think of some use case where blockchain is required and every time (every single time) what I get is something that:

1) still works if you take the blockchain part out

2) is better and simpler for it