I was speaking at a panel during the latest AIBC Summit America, which took place on the 24th September 2020. The covered topics were Blockchain Integration, DAO’s & Fintech Processes. Below you can find the full edited transcript of my answers to the moderator’s questions on the panel. VOICEOVER: Accelerating growth, Blockchain integration, DAOs and […]
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The ecosystems of islands, whether biological or economical, allow for unprecedented experimentation, supported by their natural isolation. I’m in Malta, where Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technologies are being actively supported by the local regulator, giving a clear platform, and sandboxes to try to see what works. Malta has a history of resilience, a small nation
As we develop smart infrastructures for our societies, it will be necessary and natural to make them programmable. The programmability of agile and upgradeable platforms leads to resilient ecosystems of applications. The APIs, application programmer interfaces, must be developed with security in mind, so that this new generation of infrastructure can’t be exploited by malicious
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In the 21st century, all regulations and all governance should either be or aim to be digital, as soon as possible. What does that mean? What are the implications? What is the context of regulations and governance being digital? We went through digital transformations many times. It started with the first computers in the fifties
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I’m launching a new video series, entitled The Context, to give a deeper understanding of the implications of current events, and technologies shaping the world. The first episode is about Libra. Welcome to The Context this week. We are going to look at what is the context for Libra, the digital payment system announced by
What are the consequences of exponential technologies? Can we imagine the transformation of our socio-economic organization if we take them for granted? Originally observed in information technology, accelerating change is now impacting a very wide range of areas of our society. In a globally connected world, where ideas spread rapidly, passion and creativity can be
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Bitnation (disclosure: I am an Advisor) uses the Blockchain to help refugees to Europe, allowing them to take part of the modern flux of technologies. There are many low tech needs that those who help refugees can provide. From food, to shelter, advice, and support. Many of the displaced have smartphones, as has been maliciously noted
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Through the fundamental invention of the Blockchain, we now have a tool that, through the use of planet-wide communications networks and smartphones, can put a Western city-dweller and an Indonesian fisherman on equal footing Through the fundamental invention of the Blockchain, we now have a tool that, through the use of planet-wide communications networks and
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Distributed consensus as Bitcoin’s Fundamental InnovationNew York, February 2014 Blockchain A lot of analyses concentrate on the issues of Bitcoin and crypto currencies in general as a payment platform and tool, or as an investment class. Both of these as well as other uses of Bitcoin can be interesting. However everything in the recent evolution
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Our psychological levers have a great influence on our behavior. The flipping of perceived value of spending and investment from an inflationary currency to a deflationary currency will influence the big and small decisions we make daily. It is likely that this change will non-trivially shape the impact in energy use, resource allocation and management, and
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