Although Blockchain, or Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs), are at the early stages of development there are already some companies with ready use cases of the technology. IOTA, which focuses on bringing Machine-to-Machine economy by leveraging IoT (Internet of Things), is one of them. I have talked with Jens Munch Lund-Nielsen…
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Tradeshift is a platform for supply chain payments, e-invoicing, and marketplaces for enterprises. It is a cloud-based business network facilitating digitization of trade financing and data sharing between buying and supplying companies via apps. With headquarters in San Francisco, Tradeshift currently services hundreds of global enterprises by connecting to 1.5…
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OpenBazaar is the world’s first and only fully decentralized marketplace, which means it connects people directly and securely to each other via a peer-to-peer network, rather than through a centralized website, like online marketplace giants Alibaba, Amazon, or eBay. There’s no big company behind the scenes that can act as…
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Basic Income, as explained in our previous UBI article, has significant potential to decrease inequality. However, there are several issues: it is expensive, and it is difficult to do a pilot project due to bureaucracy, which only exacerbates the problem of lack of definitive results. Thankfully, several projects across the…
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Increasing automation and the changing labour market are shifting the way working will function in the future. Full-time positions are decreasing, as more and more people choose (or are forced) to freelance jobs, while the developments in robotics and AI will mean more and more jobs will be done by…
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Giants such as Netflix, YouTube, or Twitch may soon lose some of their power to the emerging players of the entertainment industry. In this article, we will focus on one of the most interesting contenders – BitMovio. BitMovio provides a video entertainment platform powered by Blockchain. It is a reaction…
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