Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies offer many opportunities that can help these disadvantaged individuals, communities, and countries. These technologies have the potential to help the poor by reducing excessive remittance fees, giving greater access to financial institutions, combating inflation and perhaps even helping to end corruption. While upper-middle class, western cybergeeeks might be the strongest supporters of cryptocurrencies, there is tremendous potential for the poor and marginalized of the world to also see benefits from these technologies.