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Can We Adapt Blockchain Tech For Direct Democracy Electoral Voting?

Can We Adapt Blockchain Tech For Direct Democracy Electoral Voting?

We have reached a place where democratic representatives in Western countries are members of country club aristocracies entirely disconnected from the public. Cryptographic technology and smartphones put us within reach of instant referenda polling for the first time. If we can vote instantly, what need do we have of representatives

Hollywood's Byzantine Generals Moment: It's Time For A Decentralised Live P2P Movie Streaming Network

Hollywood's Byzantine Generals Moment: It's Time For A Decentralised Live P2P Movie Streaming Network

Amazon recently bought MGM, the last old-school studio in Hollywood. We're now in the laps of Big Tech: the kind of people who describe Friday night at The Pictures as "content". Our future as it currently stands is studios and production companies being commissioned to produce

Censorship-Proof Blockchain DNS Systems

Censorship-Proof Blockchain DNS Systems

The Blockchain is many things. It's undoubtedly a work of genius to a problem most people don't realise even exists because we take it for granted so often. It's provoked an unstoppable wave of idealistic innovation, mostly from libertarian ideologues and tech oddballs, on

Crowd Control with Blockchain Thinking

Crowd Control with Blockchain Thinking

You’d be forgiven for being totally sick of hearing about Bitcoin. From ridiculous valuations of $1000+ per virtual unit, to gross devaluations, to abstract cryptographic concepts, to money-as-speech arguments, to startup lists as long as your arm, it all seems a little too unbelievable. And it is, of course.