Blockchain has been taking the world by storm, creating a way to centrally store data so that it’s accessible to everyone without anyone being able to change or manipulate it. Although the tech sphere and blockchain inside it are typically male-dominated industries, that’s starting to change. What’s more, having more women involved in blockchain development is bringing a new perspective and new innovations, especially within the enterprise business sector.

Lisa Butters is the general manager of GoDirect Trade Greenhouse, owned by Honeywell. GoDirect Trade is a marketplace for used aerospace parts and uses blockchain technology to track and sell them. Butters helped adjust the blockchain to include not only manufacturing information but also all repair and maintenance data for the parts, an important addition for aerospace parts that are responsible for taking both people and goods out of the atmosphere and into space. She focused on making the process user-friendly and easy to navigate. “If my mom and dad can’t figure this out, then we need to go back to the drawing board,” she said.

Kaliya Young and Anais Ofranc are both bringing their perspectives to open-source projects using blockchain technology. Young, the ecosystems director for Covid-19 Credentials Initiative at the Linux Foundation, pointed out that a woman’s perspective in community collaboration has been essential in developing open-source standards for verifiable credentials—it has helped them develop new ways to collaborate and share information that comes more naturally to the way women operate within their lives. “Sometimes this is undervalued, but a female’s perspective is critical if we want to develop a new layer of the internet where all people are empowered,” Young said.

A recent article from the Harvard Business Review pointed out that gender-diverse workplaces increased innovation and performance.

“We already know that gender diversity in product development or AI teams leads to better and more usable products,” said Daniela Barbosa, vice president of worldwide alliances at The Linux Foundation. “Gender diversity is equally critical in building out blockchain networks that address everyday use cases.”

CoinMarketCap reported that the number of women working in cryptocurrency—blockchain’s original use—increased by more than 43 percent in the first part of 2020.

“Diverse teams lead to different perspectives, ideas and out-of-the-box thinking to drive true innovation,” said Ryan Rugg, blockchain industry service leader at IBM Global Business Services. She is spearheading the team that is developing New York’s vaccination management tool, built with blockchain technology. “We want people to challenge each other and have constructive dialogues.”

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