The power that is given to individuals and protocols to control their assets and economic parameters threatens the influence of Central Banks.
The most successful business model of the internet has been to harvest as much data as possible and only share it if profit can be extracted. Let's consider a new model, where all participants are aligned in their incentives to maximise benefit for the system as a whole.
Do you know where your private critical data is stored or who has access to it?
You've heard of CryptoKitties and Beeples' $69m JPEG, but art & collectibles are just the beginning. There are trillions of $ of non-fungible assets in the meatspace, what value will accrue in the metaverse?
The most successful business model of the internet has been to harvest as much data as possible and only share it if profit can be extracted. Let's consider a new model, where all participants are aligned in their incentives to maximise benefit for the system as a whole.
Artists have been marginalized for as long as music has been commercialized, how can this luddite industry be updated in the Open Web?
In his talk, Dr, Steven Waterhouse will discuss how human values are built into our technology and how those values influence society. The next generation of technology can be built upon different values than the last as questions of safety and freedom continue to evolve.