Category: Features
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The ethics of hiring cheap Filipino staff: Crypto in the Philippines Part 2
“When you realize the difference in purchasing power it’s like ‘Yes, they are earning much, much less than an Australian salary’. But it also costs much, much less, to live here.”
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Crypto in the Philippines: Necessity is the mother of adoption
“People are just like, ‘Whoa, mind blown — this is going to save me half a day because I don’t have to go all the way to the bank during business hours and take three journeys on public transport and then wait in line for an hour … I could do this on my phone.’”
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Space invaders: Launching crypto into orbit
“The idea is that if you can provide a root of trust that is literally in outer space, you have something that has an unprecedented level of security because this is a fully tamper-proof Trusted Execution Environment.”
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Dictators turn delegates: Former CEOs grapple with DAO governance
“A DAO is merely a formalizing of very deep and instinctive human bonds that I think have been suppressed.”
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Sexual Violence in India: Blockchain’s Role in Empowering Survivors
“I stayed silent for many years because I knew that there’d be consequences when I talked in public.”
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Game theory meets DeFi: Bouncing ideas around tokenomic design
“If you look at financial structures in history, everything worked out because of collaboration.”
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North Korean crypto hacking: Separating fact from fiction
“The small IP space/access to the internet in the DPRK, as well as its less connected nature to global/online systems, arguably offers it an asymmetric advantage in relation to cyber operations.”
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The Best Blockchain University Programs Actually Pay Students to Learn
Leading student blockchain clubs do more than meet up to eat pizza: they work directly with crypto startups to solve problems.
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Facing Down Big Tech: How Blockchain Social Media Will Topple Zuckerberg
There’s a growing realization that social media has become a destructive influence. But can blockchain social media platforms really make a difference?
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WTF happened in 1971 (and why the f**k it matters so much right now)
“The temptation to print money is the greatest temptation in the whole world.”