Posts with keyword: bitcoin

7 entries

Web3, Coherence, and Platform Sovereignty

Tue Jan 18 16:54:00 2022

I read a couple of interesting things the past few weeks that have me thinking about the world we're building, the impact that tech has on it, and how it self-governs (or not).
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Why is Blockchain Important

Wed Apr 8 09:10:00 2015

Yesterday at the IIW closing circle someone asked why blockchain matters. I gave an answer that felt right, so I figured I'd write it down.
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IBM's ADEPT Project: Rebooting the Internet of Things

Wed Feb 18 20:02:00 2015

The Internet of Things, only a few years old, needs a reboot. So says Paul Brody of IBM. The IBM Adept project is a proof of concept for an open, decentralized Internet of Things.
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Blockchain and Bearer Tokens

Wed Jul 16 16:02:00 2014

We can use the blockchain to create a class of bearer tokens that act more like keys in the physical world: they can only be used by one entity at a time and take effort to transfer. This post describes why that might be interesting. I'm interested in your feedback.
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On Names and Heterarchy

Fri Apr 4 14:55:00 2014

Heterarchical (non-hierarchical) naming systems are vital if we are to avoid the pitfalls and dangers of surrendering our rights and our privacy to a tyranny of connected computers and devices that intermediate our lives at every level based on centralized authority. This post explores names and alternatives to names, including the use of bitcoin as a distributed directory that is immune from the problems that hierarchical solutions impose.
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Coinbase Shenanigans

Thu Mar 6 19:09:00 2014

Coinbase just canceled my bitcoin transaction for being high-risk with no other explanation. Not very nice of them!
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Bitcoin isn’t Money—It’s the Internet of Money

Sat Jan 11 10:15:00 2014

If you've ever wondered why everyone's making such a fuss about Bitcoin, this is worth reading: Bitcoin isn't Money--It's the Internet of Money. Here's the money quote (no pun intended): Bitcoin is a new transport layer for finance that allows decentralized, disruptive, permissionless development of applications on a separate layer. It has the capability to do for finance what the Internet did for communication. People have a hard time understanding decentralized systems and they don't always get the power of a platform. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are both.
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