(This interview was first published on September 10th, 2019. It has been edited for brevity.) It was 2016 to 2017 when things were starting to go crazy in crypto land. Market cap was skyrocketing and volumes were running up. It was also around that time Sam Bankman-Fried decided to leave…

Summary: SmartFi is a company that specializes in powering business loans using tokens. In this interview, host of the podcast The New Trust Economy (listen here), Monika Proffitt sits down for a discussion with SmartFi’s CEO and former Utah State Representative, Aaron Tilton. …

“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? …

When creating the technology behind Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned an efficient, peer-to-peer payment system that required no institutional involvement. …

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…

If you keep up with cryptocurrency news, you have certainly heard about the cyber theft running rampant in the industry. According to CNBC, the total amount of stolen cryptocurrencies in just the first half of 2018 was $1.1 billion. …

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…