What is Abra and How Does it Function?
In the world of Bitcoin and Blockchain, it seems every day there is a new technology that promises to change the way you interact with financial products. Abra is a new app that could hold true to that promise. Abra is a digital wallet that works similarly to other...
What is Mimblewimble and How Does it Differ from Bitcoin?
Mimblewimble, released in July 2016, is a blockchain protocol with a focus on scalability, privacy and fungibility. Some believe that Mimblewimble achieves the goals of Bitcoin better than Bitcoin itself does, especially in regards to privacy. Instead of adding...
How the 2020 Olympics Will Impact Japan’s Mission to become Cashless
The use of cash as a payment method has been on a slow downward slide, due to the emergence of credit and debit cards, and other digital payment methods. But, Japan is an outlier. The third largest economy in the world, those in Japan still prefer using paper money...
Three Conflicts Shaping Blockchain in 2019
For the first three quarters of 2018, blockchain startups had around $3.9 billion in venture capital funding. While this number is expected to grow throughout 2019, that doesn’t mean the technology is without its challenges. Here are three areas where blockchain and...
How to Make Blockchain More Inclusive
There is a well-documented diversity gap in the tech sector. It is a white male-dominated space and women and minorities are often discouraged from pursuing careers in the field. Eighty-three percent of tech executives are white, while women only made up 36 percent of...
Will 2019 Be the End of Blockchain?
Blockchain was the focus of many conversations this past year. But, those conversations may soon be coming to an end. A recent study found that out of 43 initiatives that promised lofty objectives to be achieved through blockchain, none of them were able to achieve...
Breaking down Common Myths About Blockchain
Blockchain can be used to address voter fraud, manage supply chain, level the music industry, and track the life of a turkey. Or, maybe not. As with any new and exciting technology that comes out, it’s easy to get caught up in all of the amazing potential it holds....
How Blockchain Sets You up for Career Success
Blockchain, blockchain, blockchain. If you spend any time reading about news in the technology sector, it’s a word you’re very familiar with. While it is overhyped relative to the utility currently online, the technology will have a lot of long term applications well...
How and Why Schools Must Provide a Post-Capitalist Education
In today’s age, our attention is crucial. It’s what Google and Facebook’s business models are built around, and it’s why they’re able to offer their products for free. Our attention is sold as advertising. These platforms encourage us to create our own content to draw...
An Open Letter to Google
I’m thinking of you, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as I write this. Not actually you, more like the mental image I have based on reading Mr. Levy’s book “In The PLEX.” So what’s the point of this letter? I want Google to transform education in the most fundamental way....