What do you want to know about blockchain and crypto? I have re-started posting two-minute blockchain and crypto bites to my YouTube channel, the Blockchain Hurricane. In the past I’ve covered some of the blockchain basics – busting the jargon, discussing wallets, exchanges and keys, addressing good security practices, and occasional comments on current events…
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As a scifi author as well as a strategy consultant, extrapolating and imagining the future is a big part of my day to day activity. A few thoughts on this blog in May – Think like a Futurist to Survive – spawned deep discussions with Sunderland Software City’s Innovation specialist and digital afterlife researcher Gavin…
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Thursday 2nd May saw the second of The Digital Commonwealth‘s Mansion House Summit series. I’ve known the people behind this since they were delivering high quality journalism and events through CryptoAM, and James Bowater, Darren Parkin and the team have made The Digital Commonwealth a bigger and better version of what came before. It’s well…
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Last Wednesday, May 1st, saw my formal book launch at the headquarters of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, featuring a fabulous Ask Me Anything fireside chat. Having questions fired at me from all angles is something I thrive on. It keeps me on my toes, makes me consider my knowledge critically or present it…
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How do we and our businesses survive and thrive in this rapidly changing world? For generations, humans have had time to stop, think and adapt to change. It took a more than hundred years to move from the first steam engines, Stephenson’s Rocket pulling a passenger train, and the rise of industrial scale manufacturing to…
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It’s a momentous week in the world of crypto. Today, 17th April, my new book for BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is released. The early reviews have been humbling – Getting Started with Cryptocurrency is a must-have book for early explorers and seasoned professionals alike… … a gem in the crypto literature landscape ……
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As Bitcoin wobbles backwards and forwards in a volatile market, it seems to have very little in common with “money” – pounds, euros and dollars – despite the ‘currency’ moniker we gave it all those years ago. Short term values are frothy for many reasons, largely related to regulation and supply. The halving of the…
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Digital identity is one of the most potentially transformative applications of blockchain. Having an official identity is the gateway to everything we take for granted. Without one, we would struggle to access government services and education, jobs and financial services. As the paperwork for all of these moves inexorably online, the quest for reliable digital…
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DAOs – Distributed (or Decentralised) Autonomous Organisations – feel like a great way of putting power back in the hands of a community. They are recognised as having huge potential for social impact – the World Economic Forum has described them as ‘nascent and aspirational’ – and there are huge sums of money held in…
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I was delighted to be asked to contribute to the new Cybersalon anthology “All Tomorrow’s Futures – Fictions that Disrupt.” Published this week, this book is bursting with visions of the future from experts in their respective emerging technology fields. The five themes cover justice, energy, finance, health and education, taking new angles on the…
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