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Everyone loves a good discussion about how the <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a> is going to disrupt industries such as finance, how it will overhaul citizens’ interactions with governments, and how you should invest in their ICO to give money to their newly-formed corporate. Interestingly however, blockchains also have the ability to improve the lives of vulnerable populations, through various means such as giving them a <a href="http://fortune.com/2017/06/19/id2020-blockchain-microsoft/" target="_blank">tangible identity</a>, and <a href="https://hbr.org/2017/05/how-blockchain-could-help-emerging-markets-leap-ahead" target="_blank">empowering entrepreneurs in poorer countries</a>. Having recognized the potential for significant social changes, <a href="https://medium.com/@ConsenSys" data-anchor-type="2" data-user-id="6c7078bf7b01" data-action-value="6c7078bf7b01" data-action="show-user-card" data-action-type="hover" target="_blank">ConsenSys</a> have organised the <a href="https://www.blockchainforsocialimpact.com/hackathon/" target="_blank">Blockchain for Social Impact Hackathon</a>.