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

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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

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Article on ‘blockchain futures’via Sensemaker Collectorby 30 April 2016

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