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Radhy • Edited

Thanks friends and colleagues in the community space for providing learning opportunities! Would love to see more in 2022!πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

I just learn about Fynbos here because I rarely visit other Interledger community. In their first blog post written by Adrian Hope-Bailie--

We launched Fynbos because we’re tired of waiting around for these entities to discover Interledger and start experimenting with projects like Rafiki. We’re getting licensed and getting out there to proactively connect new participants to the Interledger network.

We’re done with global payments networks being closed off and exclusive to banks and big multinational corporations that focus purely on developed economies. We’ll continue contributing to the open-source Rafiki project as the core of our product and will develop additional products and services around it that enable anyone to join the Interledger network as easily as signing up for a new Internet account at an ISP.

We’re done with payments standards being developed behind closed doors and access only granted to an exclusive set of companies. We’ll be doing everything out in the open, working on open-source code like Rafiki and open standards like Interledger and Open Payments.

Reading this I was like "heck yeah!". This is why I'm excited to be part of Interledger and Web Monetization movement - I'm too getting tired seeing that here in Indonesia instead of providing APIs for merchants and developers to innovate, digital wallets here instead rely on discounts, big techs mergers, and closed door deals to further secure market share of their e-commerce platforms (Looking at you, Tokopedia and Shopee 🀫). Really hope with the coming of Fynbos here will provide access for me and my friends living in ASEAN or any other developing countries to try Interledger and Web Monetization API (Yes, I'm still waiting for any Interledger digital wallet to provide service here in Indonesia!)