Senator Moreno’s bipartisan blockchain bill is riding high on the enthusiasm of its supporters, and at first glance appears to be a good thing. More blockchain adoption? Who's against that? Hold on a minute here. As someone who's been neck-deep in this technology for years, I see potential pitfalls that...
So, USAID is eyeing blockchain for procurement. Not for getting help to starving children, mind you, but for monitoring purchase orders. Sounds…efficient? Or does it just read like another tech-bro fantasy getting stuffed down the gullet of a federal agency that’s already choked on plenty of red tape?Tech Fixes for...
Ethereum is rapidly emerging as the primary platform for building a decentralized artificial intelligence. It offers answers to the current and future problems of centralized AI systems. These are just a few of the challenges AI is currently facing that experts agree Ethereum’s unique capabilities can help solve. These are...
Among Blockchain Caucus members, Sen. Bernie Moreno to introduce bipartisan legislation to strengthen blockchain technology. The proposed legislation seeks to establish a "National Blockchain Deployment Advisory Committee" within the Commerce Department, enhancing the Commerce Secretary's advisory role on blockchain-related matters. It mirrors a similar House bill championed by Reps. Kat...
Ethereum. The name evokes romantic visions of a decentralized future, a world without the grasping hands of big tech. Now, the whispers are growing louder: Ethereum will decentralize AI. Eric Connor, a former Ethereum core developer, is one of the most vocal proponents. Before we all uncork the champagne and...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)’s unstoppable wave of change is disrupting industries and our world as we know it. The growing centralization of AI development and deployment poses grave challenges to transparency, bias, and control. As AI technology becomes undeniably more powerful, the need for decentralized alternatives is not just necessary, it...
Then I bought this weaving business — Fatima I recently caught up with Fatima, who operates a small but growing textile enterprise in Lagos. When we exchanged ideas on payments, her face darkened. She exports colourful Ankara fabrics to the UK. “These fees are killing us,” she admitted, “and the...
The U.S. government is researching the use of blockchain technology to increase transparency and accountability in international humanitarian assistance. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is preparing to re-develop itself into the U.S. International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA). To further illustrate this transition, the new organization plans to start a...
