Decentralization and Deglobalization deliver a more even distribution of power in society, and it’s Crowdsourcing Week’s theme in 2022
Crowd Currencies
Non-fiat currencies moderated and balanced by the crowd in a distributed, decentralized and publicly-known manner. Often referred to as digital currencies or cryptocurrencies.
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations are the Future
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, provide a flat, secure and democratic structure for people to collaborate towards achieving agreed aims.
What Problems Does Bitcoin Solve?
Bitcoin’s halving, its third, on May 11 2020 put it back in the news – as if it’s ever far away – and means Bitcoin miners now receive 6.25 bitcoins. We decided to use this event as an opportunity to remind ourselves of the fundamental tenets of this...
Cryptocurrency in the Time of COVID-19
The global threat of COVID-19 has crippled the travel and tourism industries , tested the world’s capacity to respond to massive and rapidly growing healthcare challenges, and forced many other industries to adapt to the times lest they sink under the weight of “the...
Is the Fading Popularity of ICOs Terminal?
Cryptocurrencies are massively disrupting the financial sector. This time last year we witnessed something amazing for the first time in history: people became aware of cryptocurrencies at large and started actively buying them, resulting in massive price jumps in...
Blockchain, Digital Assets, and the Changing World of Finance
Blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies provide a revolutionary way of creating, maintaining, and securing decentralized networks. The emergence of these networks has enabled a whole range of decentralized applications; applications that threaten to...
What is Cryptocurrency?
What is the difference between blockchain, cryptocurrency, and bitcoin? Understanding this new wave of technology can provide a new class of investments.
Trust Is The New Gold, And Nordic Countries are Leading The Way
While the tech world has its eyes set on ICOs – the funding frenzy of 2017 – an often overlooked currency seems to be shaping the way forward for tech giants. Trust is the most important currency and shouldn’t be ignored by individuals and organizations....
What is Crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and of alternative finance.
67 INSANE FACTS ABOUT BITCOIN
[INFOGRAPHIC – UPDATED JANUARY 2018] Bitcoin is a virtual currency that uses Blockchain technology for secure payments and storing money electronically, without requiring a bank or a person’s name. Satoshi Nakamoto created this cryptocurrency back in 2009. The biggest...
How Digital Tokens and ICOs Work for Video Gamers
In the 10 years since the iPhone was introduced the computer and video gaming industry has been shifting from stand-alone offline platforms (consoles and PCs) to a $multi-billion online industry with a host of new benefits and possibilities. Mass direct connectivity...
Bitcoin Need Regulation to Boost Growth
Whilst Morgan Stanley is heavily interested in blockchain technology, analysts at the investment bank are worried by how Bitcoin is extremely dependent on the governments’ acceptance and regulation for further growth. This was revealed even after the cryptocurrency...
Why Blockchain-based Artificial Intelligence Needs Human Input
Artificial Intelligence is no longer the future, it’s the present and increasing at a phenomenal rate driven by explosive growth of big data, inexpensive computing power and storage, and advanced algorithms like machine learning that enable accurate predictions to be...
Bitcoin Exchange Comparison — Fees, Payment options, and Currencies
Bitcoin trading can be complicated and confusing for beginners. There are so many considerations, options, and dangers that lots of people give up before they even start. Luckily, it looks like the days of the bitcoin wild-west are behind us. Every year,...
Crowdsourcing, Cocreation & Crowd Innovation at CSW Europe 2016
“Blockchain has become the financial markets’ biggest buzzword as banks seek modern ways to resolve old problems. But the technology is overshadowed by questions about how it can be made both secure and fast enough for large financial institutions.” These...
Is there a sustainable future for solar energy?
Energy and Sustainability is a theme at CSW Europe 2016
Bitcoin has a pretty bad reputation
Bitcoin’s own website says “Bitcoin allows exciting uses that could not be covered by any previous payment system.” That’s certainly coming true, it is now often associated with cyber-criminals and drug dealers, and to be honest that association isn’t entirely...
The Ethereum Trilogy Part II – The Two Chains
After a $50m raid on funds held in Ethereum, a hard fork created two incompatible blockchains, a windfall for Ether holders and still unresolved controversy
$50m Ethereum heist had no easy answer
This was not a drill. A week before the Brexit panic, panic gripped users and developers of the Ethereum blockchain when flagship application “The Dao” came under attack. The Dao is an example of a DAO: Decentralised Autonomous Organisation, a business...
Digital currency Ethereum may have less than a month to live
A $50m hack sent the value of digital currency Ethereum tumbling yesterday (June 17) from around $21 to below $15, reported Business Insider in Singapore in response to Ethereum’s own blog post release. The money is currently currently sitting in a locked fund...
Are You Ready for the Second Wave of the Crowd Economy?
In my last blog post, I talked about how disruptors are getting disrupted and elimination of the business ‘middle man.’ Today I want to look back at the first wave of the Crowd Economy and the impact it has made since its birth at the height of the last recession. But...