Crypto Tribalism Is Holding Back Blockchain
A more united front among all who believe in blockchain tech's sweeping potential could help ensure a more constructive legal environment.
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May 21, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. UTC
May 21, 2018
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3D Printing Could Be Blockchain's True Game-Changer
Combined with other emerging tech, blockchain could enable a new paradigm of decentralized, on-demand production and realign global economic power.
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May 7, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
May 7, 2018
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Crypto Needs More Than Code to Beat the ASIC Mining Threat
Defending cryptocurrencies against the centralizing forces of ASIC mining chips requires more than coding fixes; human governance is also critical.
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May 1, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
May 1, 2018
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Blockchains Alone Won’t Fix the Facebook Problem
The root problem of social media is centralization of control over data. The ideas that underpin blockchain tech offer glimpses of a path forward.
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Apr 12, 2018 at 4:00 a.m. UTC
Apr 12, 2018
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Time to Acknowledge – and Encourage – Women in Blockchain
Columnist Michael J. Casey on how men in the cryptocurrency and blockchain community can do more to advance the engagement of women in the space.
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Mar 9, 2018 at 12:00 a.m. UTC
Mar 9, 2018
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Davos Elites Still Don't Get Blockchain
"It's not useful for anything," Krugman and his cohort claim. The problem of this blinkered mindset is that it fails to recognize the cost of trust.
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Jan 31, 2018 at 1:05 p.m. UTC
Jan 31, 2018
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What a Facebook Blockchain Token Might Look Like
If Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg really wants to experiment with decentralized systems, a publicly issued crypto-token would be hell of a way to do it.
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Jan 22, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 22, 2018
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Bitcoin Mining Wastes Energy? What If That's Good?
Long-term, the incentives bitcoin creates may drive efficiency and green energy solutions in the crypto world and even spur them in the wider economy.
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Jan 9, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Jan 9, 2018
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Bitcoin Has Gone Mainstream. That's a Very Big Deal
While we're still a long way from mass adoption, this is a moment of global awareness and dialogue that is opening up a wide array of possibilities.
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Dec 13, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Dec 13, 2017
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To the Moon? Time to Grow Up, Bitcoin
The immaturity of bitcoin’s investing culture constrains progress toward attaining the technology’s fundamental social value, Michael J. Casey writes.
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Nov 28, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Nov 28, 2017