Business 21 February 2019

Zuckerberg: Decentralization is the future, but there are concerns

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, believes that decentralization is the future and wants to see it in Facebook. But first, he wants to answer open questions so it can be done the right way.

Editorial 31 January 2019

Kik has had enough, but can it kick back at SEC?

It’s unclear whether the commissioners have already taken a vote, but when the SEC enforcement action does come out, Kik is ready to fight back in court if necessary—for all the good it will do them.

Editorial 12 October 2018

The missing piece in decentralizing agriculture—and many other industries

It seems the missing piece in fully blockchainizing and decentralizing food supply is the same hindrance for decentralizing most industries: quality control.

Business 24 August 2018

Ripple CTO claims XRP crypto coin ‘more decentralized’ than BTC

David Schwartz, chief technology officer at Ripple Labs, has published a paper claiming XRP cryptocurrency is actually more decentralized than Ethereum and BTC, in the latest attempt to persuade the skeptics.

Editorial 13 July 2018

Decentralizing social media: The choice to pay or be paid, instead of being sold

Social media is evolving, shifting from a parasitic business model where third parties sell data that isn’t even theirs, to one where users have more choices—and more control.

Editorial 1 June 2018

3D printing on demand: Will supply chains become decentralized too?

Is the possibility of a network of decentralised “factories” a threat to the traditional mass-production factories that have persevered for decades since the Industrial Revolution?

Tech 25 May 2018

Rick Falkvinge brings clarity to Bitcoin debate with ‘Rick Reacts’

An advocate of the principles of decentralisation inherent in the original Bitcoin concept, Rick Falkvinge’s take on the central issues in the Bitcoin debate bring refreshing clarity to the discussion.

Editorial 24 May 2018

Decentralisation, emergence and Bitcoin Cash

Is decentralisation emerging from Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as it was once claimed to spring from Bitcoin Core (BTC)

Editorial 25 April 2018

3 ways BTC kingdom can be ‘destroyed,’ as told by MIT

An MIT report listed three ways the BTC kingdom could be brought down: a government takeover, a sneak attack by social media giants like Facebook, or, simply make it obsolete.