Wenn Tesla Erfinder Elon Musk lediglich mit der Veröffentlichung des Wortes Ethereum eine Diskussion mit Ethereum Erfinder Vitalik Buterin anstösst, dieser ihn zur nächsten Devcon Ethereum Konferenz einlädt und dann auf Rückfrage seine Top 5 Ethereum Use Case Bereiche auflistet, weiss du, dass du dich auf Twitter befindest oder warum Twitter nach wie vor meine Lieblings Social Media Plattform ist.
(mehr …)Schlagwort: Blockchain
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Building Block(chain)s for a Better Planet
There has been a lot of hype about blockchain technology – in particular, its potential to transform how humans transact, which could fundamentally redefine how business, governments and society operate. Despite this hype, it is still a nascent technology with considerable challenges that need to be overcome. As the technology matures and is applied across a wider set of sectors and systems, there is both a challenge and an opportunity to realize blockchain’s potential – not just for finance or industry, but for people and the planet.
This report outlines how blockchain could disrupt the way the world manages environmental resources and help drive sustainable growth and value creation. It identifies more than 65 use-cases where blockchain can be applied to the world’s most-pressing environmental systems challenges, along with eight ‘game changers’ where the technology could fundamentally disrupt current systems and approaches. To date, these opportunities remain largely untapped by developers, investors, and governments, yet they represent an opportunity to unlock and monetize value that is currently embedded in environmental systems.
World Economic Forum Davos Switzerland The report also highlights many of the current challenges that need to be addressed, outlines a set of principles for developing blockchain applications for the environment, and identifies the need for global platforms to incubate a responsible blockchain ecosystem.
This post was first published on weforum.org, where you can also download the 37 page report as PDF. Pictures in this post are courtesy of pexels.com and bitcoinmagazine.com.
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The Big Guy Vs. The Little Guy
Unchained is a podcast about big ideas from the worlds of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Laura Shin recently was in an episode of the amazing Bad Crypto Podcast where I learned about her Unchained Podcast.
I first listened to her episode with Shapeshift’s Erik Voorhees on How Crypto Will Separate Money and State and then went on to get my mind blown by the episode with Vitalik Buterin, creator Of Ethereum, On The Big Guy Vs. The Little Guy.
This podcast is indeed providing premium content about blockchain technology. Vitalik certainly is one of the most if not the most important figure in the blockchain space. But is he really the benevolent dictator of Ethereum like Matt Mullenweg is for WordPress?
I really like his broad, but very practical vision and perspective. Not often can someone with a very deep technical understanding of the underlying technology articulate himself so elaborately and concisely at the same time. And last but not least, I also really like his humor.
In the podcast he speaks about how Ethereum as an ecosystem is becoming more and more decentralized – just as the technology itself, so even if some part becomes «evil», there’s still a fair chance that the ecosystem as a whole will be able to steer ahead.
About Unchained
Crypto assets and blockchain technology are about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financial services to identity to the Internet of Things. In this podcast, host Laura Shin, an independent journalist covering all things crypto, talks with industry pioneers about how crypto assets and blockchains will change the way we earn, spend and invest our money. Tune in to find out how Web 3.0, the decentralized web, will revolutionize our world.
About Laura Shin
Laura Shin is a Forbes senior editor managing their crypto and blockchain technology coverage (Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs, token sales, etc.), co-lead reporter of the Forbes Fintech 50 list, and host of the podcast Unchained: Big Ideas From The Worlds Of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Honors from Stanford University and has a master of arts from Columbia University’s School of Journalism. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Fortune, Fast Company, The Week, ZDNet and others. Follow her on Twitter at @laurashin.
(Picture of Vitalik Buterin courtesy of TechCrunch/Flickr)