Composability unlocks the best humanity has to offer.

A key concept in security is the “attack surface,” which refers to all the places an attacker might find vulnerabilities.

A better description is that blockchains are a new class of computer, one you can’t put in your pocket or on your desk, as you might with a smartphone or laptop. Nevertheless, blockchains fit the classic definition of computers. They store information and run rules encoded in software that can manipulate that information.

While people often think of tokens as digital assets or currencies, a more accurate technical definition would describe them as data structures that can track quantities, permissions, and other metadata for users on a blockchain. If that sounds abstract, that’s because tokens are an abstraction. This abstraction makes them easy to use and simple to

Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at Visa, calls this idea “fantasy Hollywood,” drawing an analogy to fantasy football. The model turns fans into active participants, and in this case they are actually in the game, not imagining it.

Technology that borrows from what came before is sometimes called skeuomorphic. The term originally referred to design elements in art that are intentional, albeit unnecessary, holdovers.

YouTube gained popularity as a video widget to be embedded in blogs and other websites.

Building on a corporate network was like building on a broken foundation. The term of art to describe this hazard of the new era: platform risk.

Harnessing fandom is a powerful way to market new story universes without spending millions on advertising.