Purpose

Growing inequality and socioeconomic and environmental degradation concerns forces us to think about how innovative technologies can contribute to reduce this problem. This study aims to analyze the potential of social cryptocurrencies to enhance the community development and cooperation between small businesses of the near environment. The evolution of these technology-based schemes could be key factors for generating innovative social enterprises, improving the quality of life in the community; in this way generate a conceptual model to sustainable development, while being more transparent, efficient and scalable as they are supported by technological applications.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on an in-depth study of the relevant literature, a conceptual model was designed. The concept of social cryptocurrency is proposed as a new approach to virtual currencies for social purposes and sustainable development.

Findings

The key findings point out that actors such as innovation and social entrepreneurship will come together in a new generation of social currencies, extending cryptocurrency technology to social business domains.

Research limitations/implications

The impact of this will result in a better quality of life for society and the achievement of several sustainable development goals. However, a limitation would be that its scope depends on certain characteristics of the local environment. Furthermore, the proposed model will require validation in later phases through social experiments.

Originality/value

The main contribution of this paper is in structuring a formal model that, based on empirical experiences and the use of the technology that underlies cryptocurrencies, proposes a set of constituent elements and characterizes them to contribute to achievement of sustainable development.

中文翻译：

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社会加密货币作为促进可持续发展的典范

目的

日益加剧的不平等以及社会经济和环境退化问题迫使我们思考创新技术如何有助于减少这一问题。本研究旨在分析社交加密货币在促进邻近环境中小型企业之间的社区发展和合作方面的潜力。这些基于技术的计划的演变可能是产生创新型社会企业、提高社区生活质量的关键因素；以这种方式生成可持续发展的概念模型，同时在技术应用的支持下更加透明、高效和可扩展。

设计/方法/方法

在深入研究相关文献的基础上，设计了概念模型。社交加密货币的概念被提出作为一种用于社会目的和可持续发展的虚拟货币的新方法。

发现

主要发现指出，创新和社会企业家等行为者将在新一代社交货币中汇聚一堂，将加密货币技术扩展到社交业务领域。

研究限制/影响

这将带来更好的社会生活质量并实现若干可持续发展目标。但是，其局限性在于其范围取决于当地环境的某些特征。此外，所提出的模型将需要通过社会实验在后期阶段进行验证。

原创性/价值

本文的主要贡献是构建了一个正式模型，该模型基于经验经验和对加密货币基础技术的使用，提出了一组构成要素并对其进行了表征，以促进实现可持续发展。