“I’ll look at everything around me and I will vow to bear in mind, that alla this was just someone’s idea. It could just as well be mine.” — Ani Difranco
I recently published an article on The Future of Capitalism, covering a new, economic model that I began working…
“The profit system follows the path of least resistance, and the path of least resistance is what makes a river crooked.” — Utah Phillips
It is no secret that late stage capitalism has its issues, and they are not going away. From the often invisible yet the ravaging effects of…
Yes, the original blockchain concept was only created to solve the accounting issue of “the double- spend conundrum” of digital currencies, which, along with sounding boring, also comes across as very, let’s say, niche. How is such a specific “conundrum” supposed to apply to anyone without an accounting degree? …
Though the original blockchain was only created to solve the double-spend conundrum of digital currencies, the ingenious structure of a blockchain can be applied anywhere, offering advantages of accountability, efficiency and transparency. Let’s take a look at some industries that could benefit from the new technology.
Identity Management
A static…
Cryptocurrencies are not all the same. There are several different types of coin and tokens, and by that I mean there is a variety of different behaviors that different cryptocurrencies resemble. This is because the people making these currencies are literally writing the rules for how they work. Sound confusing…
Blockchains were originally made to circumvent centralization, as I wrote about here. The inventor of blockchain, Satoshi Nakamoto, was interested in cutting intermediaries out of many systems, specifically payment systems, and the solution was to create a a pure peer-to-peer system that would be validated by participants anywhere in the…
