Yeah, many of them are not rich, but they do have some money, and more importantly, voting power, if they're properly organized. I really do believe that if blockchains were employed properly, it could really help people get organized in a way that could compete with bigger corporate interests.
Yeah, many of them are not rich, but they do have some money, and more importantly, voting power, if they're properly organized. I really do believe that if blockchains were employed properly, it could really help people get organized in a way that could compete with bigger corporate interests.
It's kind of where I ended up after all my stuff in politics and tech. Still a long way to go, but it's where I'm hoping to make a dent this time. 😅
Can’t we employ Blockchain to allow voting? Ukraine has a totally digital government package and I haven’t read anything about the Russians ruining it. The Lithuanians too. I want that! I want nice things!
The technology itself is sound, but getting people to employ it in a way that doesn't expose it to loopholes or vulnerabilities is the real challenge - because there are always those who will try to cheat the system.
Bitcoin, for what it's worth, is decentralized - but is extremely slow and inaccessible due to its deflationary supply. Ethereum has gatekeepers that are problematic, which has lead to a lot of distrust and fragmentation in the ecosystem itself. Projects like Solana are just blatantly centralized but they rely on misinformation to keep the charade going so you have to be careful - there's actually a lot of projects like that where you're not even really sure if it runs on a blockchain or not. (IOTA got caught red handed a few years ago and basically tanked right after that.)
I've chosen Tezos as my platform of choice due to the fact that the protocol is actually decentralized (the validation community sets the agenda, not the foundation), and a relatively mature economic model that is most compatible with traditional government systems, at least in my opinion. The fact that it has a self-governing arts community I think says a lot in it of itself.
My attempts at getting Americans interested in this stuff was short-lived because the reality is that a lot of people who have the ability to make those sorts of decisions don't actually want transparency...which is why you end up with these half-assed projects that get funded but don't actually get anywhere. It's the same sort of problem that Jen talks about all the time in her writings, too. Sigh.
Yeah, many of them are not rich, but they do have some money, and more importantly, voting power, if they're properly organized. I really do believe that if blockchains were employed properly, it could really help people get organized in a way that could compete with bigger corporate interests.
It's kind of where I ended up after all my stuff in politics and tech. Still a long way to go, but it's where I'm hoping to make a dent this time. 😅
Can’t we employ Blockchain to allow voting? Ukraine has a totally digital government package and I haven’t read anything about the Russians ruining it. The Lithuanians too. I want that! I want nice things!
The technology itself is sound, but getting people to employ it in a way that doesn't expose it to loopholes or vulnerabilities is the real challenge - because there are always those who will try to cheat the system.
Bitcoin, for what it's worth, is decentralized - but is extremely slow and inaccessible due to its deflationary supply. Ethereum has gatekeepers that are problematic, which has lead to a lot of distrust and fragmentation in the ecosystem itself. Projects like Solana are just blatantly centralized but they rely on misinformation to keep the charade going so you have to be careful - there's actually a lot of projects like that where you're not even really sure if it runs on a blockchain or not. (IOTA got caught red handed a few years ago and basically tanked right after that.)
I've chosen Tezos as my platform of choice due to the fact that the protocol is actually decentralized (the validation community sets the agenda, not the foundation), and a relatively mature economic model that is most compatible with traditional government systems, at least in my opinion. The fact that it has a self-governing arts community I think says a lot in it of itself.
My attempts at getting Americans interested in this stuff was short-lived because the reality is that a lot of people who have the ability to make those sorts of decisions don't actually want transparency...which is why you end up with these half-assed projects that get funded but don't actually get anywhere. It's the same sort of problem that Jen talks about all the time in her writings, too. Sigh.