trust
Blockchain and the third trust revolution
Blockchain has the potential to sweep away the central trust authorities of governments, banks and corporations as I discussed in my previous post. Why? Because blockchain enables virtual communities to re-create the person-to-person trust of small villages and societies at a global scale. Ancient societies were based on the idea of personal trust: I trust […]
Trust revolutions and the need for blockchain
In my previous post, I outlined what makes blockchain a transformative technology. It builds trust in data and business networks, which makes it the latest part of a long history of trust as the basis for economic transactions. People trust each other based on personal knowledge. I trust you because I know you and what […]
Do you trust your cloud service provider?
In an increasingly diverse market, you must be able to trust your cloud service provider.