Stories hand-picked on Blockchain · Cryptosumer

Globally, 62% of people aged 15 or over have a bank account, while 73% of the Earth's population (over 15) have no formal savings. Of course, even if blockchain technology can help to include entire segments of people in a world economy that is often too cautious to include them, it can not guarantee that this economy will improve enough to completely lift them out of deprivation or deprivation.
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The central bank of the Pacific Island Nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is implementing blockchain-based solutions, anticipating many startups whose ideas still exist only in the form of white papers. "As a central bank, we want to make sure that all citizens of Papua New Guinea have access to financial services and, as regulators, we want to know and understand the blockchain," said Elizabeth Genia, deputy governor of the NPC's central bank.
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While there seems to be little hope of escaping the power and influence of Facebook at this precise moment in history, numerous new social networks have emerged recently that may just begin the slow process of downsizing. These networks are based on and around the blockchain technology. Include community-focused, anti-censorship onG.social and the app & # 39; authenticity & # 39; anonymous Obsidian messaging app.
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Talking about "blockchain" is inevitable. It is quoted almost daily by newspapers, politicians and even comedians. But despite the overwhelming buzz surrounding the distributed ledger technology (DLT), the adoption of blockchain-based platforms by institutions and businesses is by no means overwhelming.
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My best college friend – Thuong Le – is a senior accounting and accounting expert. He has worked for various senior consulting firms since graduation. Thuong is very smart with money. Since our university years, he has rushed into town on his motorbike with his father, finding undervalued properties in which to invest. Thuong invests in public stocks and has made profitable gains, thanks to its great financial instincts.
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The blockchain and the marijuana industry have a lot in common. Both are often defamed and misunderstood; both are in the early stages of development, where new players are throwing everything against the wall in the hope that something will come up.
It may therefore not be surprising that a few companies have recently been formed with the aim of uniting them.
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The world is falling in love with blockchain. $ 945 million has been spent globally by organizations on "blockchain solutions" in 2017, while this annual figure is expected to rise to $ 2.1 billion in 2018 and to $ 9.2 billion 2021.
But as much as the entire world is in love with blockchain technology, there is an emerging dialogue between cryptographic figures and external observers that blockchain technology is really applicable to anything other than cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, monero and ethereum.
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Global blockchain players are urged to grow their businesses in China to help develop its fast-growing economy and feed the hungry Chinese investors.
Bo Ji, Assistant Dean of the Chinese elite Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) founded by Li Ka Shing, a Hong Kong business magnate, has asked European blockchain startups to consider the lucrative emerging Chinese market instead of going to the United States.
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Digital technology is coming for the human brain. In recent years more and more startups have emerged with the intention of connecting our brains to digital platforms, both for mental control purposes of our (virtual) environment, to monitor our thoughts and moods, or to download activity data.
Some neurotechnology startups have already outlined plans to put brain data on blockchains.
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It could be the material of science fiction, but even some of the most respected minds in science and technology fear that artificial intelligence can wipe out humanity. However, while virtually all the laboratories involved in AI design have launched their ethics group in an attempt to minimize fear, a safer defense against social ills may come from the blockchain.
A first example of how Blockchain will work in this sense comes from Talla.
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The Inuit, an indigenous people from the city of Rigolet, Labrador, in northern Canada, regularly face a difficult scenario: the frozen rivers and streams are the only transport routes inside and outside the city. With the impact of climate change, constantly warmer temperatures have created dangerous routes for travel.
Amid these heightened fears, the blockchain has now emerged as a potential solution.
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They may be only ten years old, but many people have already described bitcoins and blockchains as "religions". It is therefore entirely appropriate that, slowly but inexorably, the first companies and platforms to bring blockchain technology to traditional religions have recently begun to emerge. Some of these simply aim to create blockchain platforms that conform to religious values ​​or that protect and reinforce certain religious practices (such as donations).

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The adoption of the blockchain is slow, at least as regards the amount of money and the encryption of attention has been recently attracted. However, there is at least one ever stronger reason to think that blockchains can gain understanding, acceptance and adoption in the months to come.
This is the reason for video games and in particular the growing number of games based on blockchain.
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Confidence is in crisis. After witnessing a healthy peak of 77% in 1964 (according to US government data), it has repeatedly sunk to minimal discouraging levels. In 2017, only 47% of the overall global population trusted the "four institutions", the government, the media, businesses and non-governmental organizations, as Edelman's annual Confidence Barometer reveals.
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Everyone is familiar with the blockchain clamor when it comes to big banks, multinational corporations and institutions, but what is less familiar is that distributed register technology may not be less revolutionary for small and micro businesses. Many of the benefits of blockchain accrued in small and micro businesses will be direct, because using the distributed register technology these companies will not only reduce their costs and circumvent many intermediaries, but will also be able to maximize their dynamism and adaptability.
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