What do
you think about Blockchain Wallet adding ethereum functionality?
«When people
think about blockchain they think about cryptocurrencies,» Mr. LaBlanc continued.
But, Antony, I want to just jump onto the way that
we think about blockchain in particular around policy, around regulation.
We're
thinking about blockchain from the perspective of citizens and visitors.»
Is it too early to be
thinking about blockchain standards?
Not exact matches
While the time horizon for a «
blockchain based» future is variable, especially with the volatility in the space, there are some inevitable components of this expected world that both consumers and enterprises should begin
thinking about.
I realized
blockchain was significant, and the more I
thought about it, the more it seemed so.
Ludwin's thesis is that we'd be a whole lot less hot and bothered
about the
blockchain, a word he
thinks has lost most of its meaning amidst the hoo - hah, if it didn't involve money.
Think about a set of «white
blockchains» emerging which enforce tax, securities, AML / KYC and other rules.
The challenge for companies is technical: Compliance requires a system that enables active consent, maximal transparency, and enhanced security, all of which require
thinking about how to use «distributed ledgers» and
blockchain - based technologies to validate transactions.
So when we
think about Charlie's vantage point and understanding of this stuff it's quite profound because he's worked in this space at the very highest levels from numerous ends of the spectrum from actually designing the code and working on the code of
blockchain to you know doing the engineering side over at that coin base which is one of the exchanges.
Mr. Zhang Qing, co-founder of BIT.GAME, shared with the guests at the Summit the
thinking about the establishment of
blockchain game ecology and the exploration of BIT.GAME's eco-building in
blockchain games.
There's a reason so many people are awaiting the conference with anticipation, and it's largely to hear what these two speakers
think about the current state of Ripple and the
blockchain world.
And it started in the dark net as a form of payment, and if you really
think about it, that's actually the perfect breeding ground for bitcoin and
blockchain to start because where else do you need to enforce trust with nefarious individuals than on the dark net?
Senior fellow Monica de Bolle and research fellow Martin Chorzempa write that the Venezuelan government's proposal «combines serious misunderstandings with wishful
thinking about the benefits of
blockchain technology, along with evidence that the government is either trying to fool its populace or that it does not understand the basics of cryptocurrencies, or both.»
There is the permission list — bitcoin, Ethereum, public
blockchains — and then there is a whole other ecosystem where established financial institutions, kind of the traditional market if you want to
think about it that way, is trying to apply this technology but in a different way using private networks where you don't need the same trust because these banks will know each other.
Earlier this year, Tomicah Tillemann, Trust Accelerator co-founder and New America director of the Bretton Woods II program, commented
about Georgia's decision to use the public Bitcoin
Blockchain: «If you
think about this happening at a time when a lot of people are struggling to separate what's real from what's fake, this is a powerful tool to prove what's real.
What do you
think about Sierra Leone using the
blockchain to verify voting results?
If you
think blockchain has an ethos, you'll sell tokens without bothering
about securities laws.
Once the agent is inside millions of homes,
Blockchain technology will rebuild the way users
think about and exchange value.
The domino effect
blockchain causes on banks, institutions, corporations, and governments.Contracts, apps, and financing strategies to utilize
blockchain to your advantage.Elaborate and controversial
thoughts about the development and future of
blockchain.Legal implications and economical effects of
blockchain.Barriers and challenges, as well as sim...
Thinking about cryptocurrencies & the
blockchain separately is a great place to start, as people still confuse / conflate them *.
Some lenders
think about using the
blockchain in order to facilitate the lending process.
I wrote in my last post that the «
blockchain will alter the way we
think about contracts and several types of legal documents will effectively be software - like.»
So that's the full version of that and then what I say Tom is, I
think about it, where it can have the impact on lawyers is that if you're involved in something where there is an exchange of Bitcoin, you may need to understand how
Blockchain works.
«The barista at my local Starbucks who
thought about going to law school one time was getting ready to launch a legal tech company that focused on A.I. indigent defense via crowdsourcing along the
blockchain,» said Keith Lee.
She regularly contributes to the ABA's Legal Technology Today blog, writing there and elsewhere
about legal technology,
blockchain, kanban and Agile project management, design
thinking, and work / life alignment.
The other thing I
think about is an area of technology, which I know actually a lot
about, but would like to really feel that I've got it and can explain it well to people and that's
Blockchain, which is one of the hot technologies out there.
Any programmer who has ever sat down to build a DApp at one point has had to
think about the limits of current public
blockchains, the most important and obvious one being their limited throughput, i.e., the number of transactions...
Think about a set of «white
blockchains» emerging which enforce tax, securities, AML / KYC and other rules.
And
thinking about enterprise
blockchains going live, and any potential hack that could result, Omoniyi worries that if security controls aren't built into these systems now and continuously monitored, a hack could stall the huge potential
blockchain provides.
«I personally
think we are going to see some of both,» Buterin responded to one woman's question
about capitalism versus the
blockchain community's cypherpunk philosophy.
«I
think the summit has really created insight, it is not so much
about the hype around
blockchain technology but people actually get to see use cases from all over the world.
While it's tough to look at that chart and not
think this is a speculative mania, there is something
about Bitcoin that's captured the public's imagination — whether it's the varied potential applications of the underlying
blockchain technology, the idea of Bitcoin as «digital gold,» or the promise of a currency immune to central banker meddling.
Think about it as Uber, but only with a licensed taxi drivers powered by decentralized
blockchain technology.
Mark Cuban, once a big critic of
blockchain technology, is now
thinking about investing in an initial coin offering by Unikrn.
She said that people needed to move beyond the concept of enterprise
blockchain and
think about creating simple, user - friendly tech that can interact with current technology.
Thinking about the future of
blockchain - powered financial services in India, professionals like Gupta envision small business having easy access to global payments.
Over the past year I've been asked my
thoughts about «loyalty points on
blockchains» many times.
Prof A explained that he had heard all the fuss
about blockchains but was unsure whether it was revolutionary or evolutionary (I
think the word disruptive was also used).
The most enthusiastic voice
about blockchain during the session was the moderator, Christine Duhaime, founder of the Digital Finance Institute, a fintech
think tank based in Vancouver, Canada.
In a keynote speech at an ethereum developer meetup last week, JP Morgan's
blockchain lead opened up
about her
thinking on the tech and its future.
This week we had the chance to see first hand what the White House
thinks about bitcoin, and
Blockchain Co-Founder Nic Cary was a guest speaker at the World Government Summit in Dubai.
The Legal Industry Working Group — one of eight Working Groups within the EEA, each driven by
Blockchain or industry
thought leaders — focuses on educating the legal industry
about the benefits of
Blockchain technology and the development and standardization of core Ethereum - enabled technology.
If you missed my #BSidesNYC talk
about how
blockchain and renewed interest in applied cryptography could change the way we
think about enterprise IT & infosec, video is here: https://t.co/ibGM3swTfe
Any programmer who has ever sat down to build a DApp at one point has had to
think about the limits of current public
blockchains, the most important and obvious one being their limited throughput, i.e., the number of transactions processed per second.
You went from cryptocurrency to digital currency, so talk a little bit more, because I
think when people
think blockchain, bitcoin, they get super confused
about what the use is.
The initial idea behind the summit was to create a place where human to human discussions could be held in the spirit of the «Homebrew Computer Club (HCC)» (albeit a little higher end, and with kitesurfing between sessions) to advance the community's
thinking on the required infrastructure and applications to allow
Blockchain to be used for societal good — and to actively do something
about it, in the same way that the early attendees of HCC were builders, not just «talkers».
One of the reasons Allen
thinks so positively
about Intel's contribution is that it provides a variety of options and consensus algorithms, which he believes allow users to build a private
blockchain to meets their needs.
For example, Chen discussed how
blockchain protocols have often sought to limit the abilities of miners, rather than
thinking about how they could assist in problems facing the network.