I love to eat, which means I love to make money. I’ve found myself eating two-minute noodles too many times because I was hungry and couldn’t afford anything else. It’s not fun, but it’s a reality for many people in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s a reality that NoOnes is trying to change.
I want to make a lot of money and I’m not ashamed to say that. It would be great to be really rich, but I wouldn’t feel good if everyone around me was poor. I wouldn’t feel good even if they were moderately successful. The only way I’d feel good would be if everyone around me was rich, too. That’s why it’s one of our values. Nobody is here “Everyone eats” is so important that we’ve made it part of our business model.
NoOnes has a hungry mentality. But it’s a drive to do everything we can to make sure everyone has food to eat. It started with a pledge to donate 50% of the company’s profits. You can’t take that to the bank; who would trust you? But you can look at my track record and ask yourself if I’m serious.
Ever since I saw the financial system as a whole and realized how it oppresses those who don’t have power, especially those in the Global South, I’ve made it my mission to help build a new system. There have been many obstacles along the way, but I believe we can build a new financial ecosystem. It’s why I get up every morning. I have a choice, and I’m fortunate enough to have that choice, because I have the skill set that empowers me to get the job done.
The vision of a global South where everyone eats is that if we Disastrous policies This is the work of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund after decolonization. I say decolonization, but it’s really just replacing the military regime with an economic one. Now we have the tools we need to defeat that system and get something better.
At NoOnes we’re already doing a lot of that. Partner Program And we offer cashback to reward our customers for contributing to our growth. For example, our users are our biggest ambassadors, so we give them the task of helping with our educational programs, online and on-site. All these initiatives are part of our “Eat Together” motto, and there are more to come.
Eating for everyone means more than giving back financially. Our vision is really a new financial architecture, an ecosystem with everything that encourages people to work. We are already doing that by creating jobs. We are having our citizens generate content to engage people in cryptocurrency, such as teaching others how to make money, making instructional videos on how to buy and trade bitcoin, and talking to groups in person and online. The best part of all this is that it is organic and cyclical, a constant loop that feeds into the system continuously.
Crypto users across Africa are learning how to use what we’ve built and building layers on top of it. They’re hacking crypto in ways we never imagined and giving back to the ecosystem by teaching others what they’ve learned. This way, everyone has a seat at the table and a plate of food is put in front of them.
We want everyone to grow, which is why we set ourselves the goal of scaling this ecosystem and making it a truly human-driven, trust-free, and fully transparent tool to transform the Global South into a powerhouse. This “everyone eats” philosophy turns the entire Western corporate model upside down. Rather than stifling the potential of millions in the Global South, our model is designed to be creative and constructive, and it’s working.
A few years ago, when I started talking to potential African users online about Bitcoin, I tried to get more people on board by giving away BTC because I knew I would get a return on my investment. Built by the Bitcoin Foundation And we built 13 schools in the Southern Hemisphere to help educate people there, showing them how a peer-to-peer marketplace using Bitcoin as a universal container of money can not only improve their lives, but change the lives of future generations.
“Everyone Eats” means that we all have food, we all have great places to live, we all have jobs, but it also means that we all have free time, and we intend to show the world that this model works. As a P2P platform, we have to make a profit, because you can’t claim a fair society without resources. But it is absolutely essential that we don’t get attached to profits, except to the extent that we can feed profits back into the ecosystem to generate further growth.
We want to make people understand that despite obstacles like lack of education, resources, or “right” nationality, there are plenty of opportunities for ordinary people to thrive. I’m a nerd from an immigrant family who failed many times before learning how to succeed. Now I’m trying to give my brothers and sisters in the Global South a shortcut to prosperity. Even if that means donating 50% of our profits so that everyone can eat, we will. We need profit, but we are people-centered, and that’s what makes NoOnes special. Now it’s time to spread the word.
This is a guest post by Ray Youssef. The opinions expressed here are entirely his own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Magazine.
