Blockchain technology is easily the most interesting frontier technology when it comes to software eating the world. Other emerging technologies such as virtual reality and convolutional neural nets emerged from long, high-profile lines of technology development that have always been in the glare of the spotlights. Blockchains emerged suddenly and pseudonymously from a relatively obscure and young (starting in the early 90s) line of research. So as you'd expect, the blockchain frontier is full of surprises good and bad. In this guest newsletter,
The DAO Affair and the Future of Blockchains
The DAO Affair and the Future of Blockchains
The DAO Affair and the Future of Blockchains
Blockchain technology is easily the most interesting frontier technology when it comes to software eating the world. Other emerging technologies such as virtual reality and convolutional neural nets emerged from long, high-profile lines of technology development that have always been in the glare of the spotlights. Blockchains emerged suddenly and pseudonymously from a relatively obscure and young (starting in the early 90s) line of research. So as you'd expect, the blockchain frontier is full of surprises good and bad. In this guest newsletter,