blockchain
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Some may argue that the current system is familiar and predictable, but the benefits of tokenization far outweigh the challenges
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Leaders on both sides of the divide will need to develop new skills to fully harness new tech innovations
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It may be counterintuitive that a high amount of focus on a technology would lead to security risks — but it’s true
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Ethereum is becoming a multilayered lasagna-like system, pushing people to the margins with its complexity and fees
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When L3s started trending, they were met with initial skepticism — but as more use cases emerge, the clearer their need becomes
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If we can’t bring real context to the world of blockchain data, then we’ll be stuck with useless solutions like proof-of-reserves for the foreseeable future
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Crypto and blockchain can provide a safer, fairer, more human-centric collaboration between AI and the rest of us
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At least for the near future, the majority of institutional tokenization will take place on closed, permissioned networks
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As I’ve struggled to replace basic documents like my Nigerian birth certificate, it’s only become clearer that identity should not rely on something as fragile as physical documents
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The current state of blockchain interoperability poses an existential threat to the mainstream adoption of blockchain technology as a whole
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Dune’s Arrakis Freman and Shogun’s bustling markets of feudal Japan would have benefited from blockchain to solve their trading woes
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But Goldman’s Mathew McDermott says the bank wants to see public blockchains “mature” before expanding in that arena
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Decentralization must be the cornerstone, not a mere aspiration, of blockchain’s journey
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Just because your brand has the word burn in it doesn’t mean you have to literally set yourself on fire
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Blockchain transparency is making Web3 the surveillance tool it was meant to free societies from
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In reality, many of the oft-touted uses for bringing blockchain and AI together aren’t actually all that useful
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Avalanche nodes recently began the Durango upgrade, which is scheduled to activate on its mainnet next month
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Underfunded researchers have increasingly been leveraging crypto for academic crowdfunding
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The idea that existing generic blockchains can later be molded for specific use cases lacks foresight
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