Sentences with phrase «biggest technology debates»

CoinDesk's Corin Faife recaps how last year saw one of bitcoin's biggest technology debates, setting the stage for a potentially pivotal 2017.

In this CoinDesk 2016 in Review feature, CoinDesk contributor Corin Faife recaps developments in bitcoin's biggest technology debate.

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«We'll be using interactive technology to let people - both inside and outside the conference hall - voice their opinions on the big screen throughout all the sessions, and we'll be holding a live vote at the end of the shorter debates.»

«Despite the big public debate right now, it will just be a niche technology,» BMW AG Chief Executive Helmut Panke said, forecasting hybrids to account for no more than 5 percent of all cars in the long term.

Moreover, just as the cap - and - trade debate set off a flurry of industry efforts to shape the system to their interests, so too will a big technology push; the only change will be in the set of supplicants.

It's all more complex than the «time - shifting» debates of early VCR technology, and more complex than music piracy in the late»90s, but I wonder if this massive new 3D printing thing won't just make another Apple / iTunes story out of some big player who can snag the best printing technology, broker the best deal with IP owners, DRM the hell out of it all, and then balance the costs to consumers so keenly that the majority will simply give up trying to steal designs and jail - break their printers and just buy in.

Instead of debating whether or not this will die or that will be the next big thing, I think we need to observe the changes, learn new technologies, and be ready to make the transition when change arrives — because odds are it will, and the people who are prepared will have a head start on their competition.

However, she says that while Swedes» high level of trust in both institutions and new technologies has played a big role in people embracing a more cash - free economy, concerns about fraud and data protection are now influencing the debate.

She warned it not to sit out «the biggest debate of 2015 when it comes to dealing with future weapons systems and the way in which technology is changing the way wars are fought.»

While the debate between Bitcoin and blockchain technology has raged for a couple of years now, 2016 saw the rollout of an actual consumer application from a big bank based on blockchain technology.

Despite bitcoin's recent all - time highs, the digital asset could see bigger price gains if its scaling debate ultimately resolves, at least according to one major hedge fund centered on the technology.