collecting stories about future uses of blockchain technology
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BLOCKCHAINFUTURESWhat are all the uses you can imagine?
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Dr Wendy L Schultz26 April 2016
So. Blockchain. What’s that all about?
Blockchain – the basics:
distributing & decentralizing
trust to transfer things
of value securely
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/11/how-will-blockchain-technology-transform-financial-services/
William Mougayer, “Understanding the blockchain”, https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/understanding-the-blockchain
So. Blockchain. What’s that all about?
John Lanchester, “When Bitcoin Grows Up”, http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n08/john-lanchester/when-bitcoin-grows-up
Blockchain futures narratives collector – the invitation to share on Sensemaker
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Blockchain future applications –generating possibilities with Verge
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Framework for Futures
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How might any of these people use blockchain?
DEFINEOpinion leaders in the news; scientists; artists and writers; philosophers and social revolutionaires
RELATE Businesses; unions; NGOs; international agencies; government agencies; families
CONNECT News sources; media organizations; celebrities; artists, musicians, poets, designers; IT experts
CREATE Investors; manufacturers; farmers; educators; inventors
CONSUME Retail shoppers; food and restaurant patrons; house owners; movie and book fans
DESTROYGarbage collectors, recyclers; vandals, terrorists; grey market and black market participants
Keep those stories coming – add as many as you like, as ideas about the evolving future of blockchain emerge.
Article on ‘blockchain futures’via Sensemaker Collectorby 30 April 2016
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