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   "text": "Decentralized crypto market solutions can significantly optimize the existing mechanical turk market while simultaneously democratizing access to it.",
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   "text": "Because platform access requires only an internet connection rather than a bank account, the decentralized design expands the micro task labor pool by up to 40 percent, including the unbanked.",
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   "text": "The proposed DAO design is likely to lower barriers to entry in insurance, since non traditional firms and even individual investors can buy tokens at auction and then either underwrite with them or hold them passively.",
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   "text": "The novelty of reputation as capital lies in the decentralized and democratized capital allocation functionality enabled by the DAO design.",
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