This is the crypto industry’s chance for #NotYouToo.

As the tech industry struggles with its copiously documented gender gap, women in blockchain and cryptocurrency say they are determined to prevent the crypto industry from repeating the mistakes made in other industries.

“So far, it seems to us that the major players in the crypto and blockchain industry are not taking a more enlightened approach to avoid the diversity problems that have plagued the tech industry in general,” according to a statement by the four co-founders of the Token Women Project, which launched in April. “Not only do we want to educate women about the industry and how to get involved, but we want to elevate the voices of women who are doing cool things in the sector, especially those who are using blockchain for social impact.”

Less Likely to Hold Senior Roles

Catalyst, of New York, and the AnitaB.org Institute, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based nonprofit that advocates for women in tech, both report the tech industry overall is not attracting enough women or holding the women it does have. Women are “three times less likely than technical men to be in senior roles,” reports AnitaB.org, and “56 percent of women technologists leave companies by mid-level.” Catalyst finds that women comprise 12.2 percent of board members of information technology companies, compared to 17 percent of consumer brand companies and 16.9 percent of financial services companies.