Hi Netbehaviours, long review on (some) of the problems surrounding Blockchain speculation hype -
Long review of 'MICHEL BAUWENS & THE PROMISE OF THE BLOCKCHAIN' event organised by Fiber as part of their Coded Matters Series. The desire to uproot the dichotomies of power with a distributed public ledger should be met with greater consideration and questioning of what would actually benefit from becoming de-centralized, distributed and autonomous.If you want to frame the expansion of Blockchain as a political revolution than I would go one step further to ask what are you fighting for? Social justice and inequality won’t be solved by any technical application so if your building applications from the frequently termed ‘bottom-up’, take greater consideration to ask who it is for and who would it benefit? http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/2016/03/21/promise-of-the-blockchain/ Mx -- *Upcoming >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>* H.I.T. at Digital Bauhaus Summit <http://www.digitalbauhaussummit.de/> | 2 - 4 June 2016 Secret Post Office at Wilderness Festival <https://www.wildernessfestival.com/> | 4 - 7 August 2016 Secret Post Office at End of the Road Festival <http://endoftheroadfestival.com/> | 2 - 4 September 2016 www.maxdovey.com
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