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COVID-19

VIRALITY: How do you make it so people actually want to download a contact tracing app? (Credit: Brandon Erlinger-Ford / Unsplash)
Policy
Privacy
COVID-19 Tracing Apps Have to Go Viral to Work. That’s a Big Ask
How do you make it so people actually want to download a contact tracing app?
VIRALITY: How do you make it so people actually want to download a contact tracing app? (Credit: Brandon Erlinger-Ford / Unsplash)
By Ian Allison
Apr 24, 2020 at 4:21 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2020
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Breakdown4.23
Markets
Podcasts
We Don’t Need Big Brother to Beat This Virus
Is there a way to reopen the economy that doesn’t involve draconian surveillance measures?
Breakdown4.23
By Nathaniel Whittemore
Apr 23, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 23, 2020
PodcastsThe BreakdownCOVID-19
Harry Halpin, Nym Technologies (Christine Kim/CoinDesk)
Markets
Privacy
Road to Consensus: Harry Halpin Talks Holistic Privacy, Mixnets and COVID-19 (of Course)
Harry Halpin, a speaker at Consensus: Distributed, talks about his lockdown, and how Crypto Twitter was right, for once.
Harry Halpin, Nym Technologies (Christine Kim/CoinDesk)
By Benjamin Powers
Apr 23, 2020 at 5:46 p.m. UTC
Apr 23, 2020
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Immunity passes may feature a QR code, or PDF, that could be scanned or reviewed on your smartphone. (Credit: Unsplash)
Tech
Identity verification
Immunity Passes Explained: Should We Worry About Privacy?
Immunity passes could allow people who have had the virus to return to normal life. Here's how they work, and why we might worry.
Immunity passes may feature a QR code, or PDF, that could be scanned or reviewed on your smartphone. (Credit: Unsplash)
By Benjamin Powers
Apr 23, 2020 at 5:29 p.m. UTC
Apr 23, 2020
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EXCEPTION: Glen Weyl favors “emergent cooperation,” but says the COVID-19 pandemic calls for concentrating power over “a very narrow part of the economy.” (Credit: Christine Kim for CoinDesk)
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Public health
How a Crypto Guru Shaped Harvard’s Roadmap for Reopening the US Economy
Glen Weyl, an intellectual firebrand of the Ethereum community, played a key role in crafting a pandemic-fighting blueprint just published by Harvard.
EXCEPTION: Glen Weyl favors “emergent cooperation,” but says the COVID-19 pandemic calls for concentrating power over “a very narrow part of the economy.” (Credit: Christine Kim for CoinDesk)
By Brady Dale
Apr 23, 2020 at 1:55 p.m. UTC
Apr 23, 2020
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Chainvine CEO Oliver Oram said COVID has thrashed his budget. "Everything has to be slashed at the moment because you don't even know where normality will come back.” (Credit: Loveandrock / Shutterstock)
Markets
Uk
UK’s Tech Bailout Could Help Blockchain Devs Weather COVID-19 Shutdown
Britain’s new “Future Fund” relief package will help tech firms, including blockchain companies like Chainvine.
Chainvine CEO Oliver Oram said COVID has thrashed his budget. "Everything has to be slashed at the moment because you don't even know where normality will come back.” (Credit: Loveandrock / Shutterstock)
By Danny Nelson
Apr 22, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. UTC
Apr 22, 2020
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Blockchain
How Crypto Professionals Are Staying Sane During Quarantine (Video)
Days of lockdown have turned into weeks. Here's how crypto is handling the COVID-19 crisis from home.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 20, 2020 at 8:20 p.m. UTC
Apr 20, 2020
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Image via Unsplash/Taylor Vick
Policy
Privacy
European Contact Tracing Consortium Faces Wave of Defections Over Centralization Concerns
Contact tracing researchers fear Europe could choose a centralized system that puts personal privacy at risk.
Image via Unsplash/Taylor Vick
By Benjamin Powers
Apr 20, 2020 at 7:37 p.m. UTC
Apr 20, 2020
PrivacyEuropean UnionDecentralizationCoronavirusCOVID-19Contact Tracing
Litecoin sees privacy as a selling point.
Policy
Privacy
Decentralized Protocol Removed From EU Contact Tracing Website Without Notice
EU researchers are concerned after their proposal for a decentralized contact tracing system was rejected without explanation.
Litecoin sees privacy as a selling point.
By Benjamin Powers
Apr 16, 2020 at 8:30 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2020
PrivacyEuropean UnionSurveillanceProtocolsCoronavirusCOVID-19Contact Tracing
Andrew Yang speaks at Consensus 2019. (Image via CoinDesk archives)
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Andrew yang
Andrew Yang Says Current Stimulus Payments to Americans Aren't Enough
Andrew Yang, ex-presidential contender and friend of crypto, says today's stimulus won't get Americans through the crisis. (Also, he might run for NYC mayor.)
Andrew Yang speaks at Consensus 2019. (Image via CoinDesk archives)
By Benjamin Powers
Apr 15, 2020 at 6:24 p.m. UTC
Apr 15, 2020
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