Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Blockchain-based contraptions have a lot to offer the world that other kinds of systems do not. On the other hand, Nathan is completely correct to emphasize that blockchainized should not be equated with financialized. There is plenty of room for blockchain-based systems that do not look like money, and indeed we need more of them.

McKenzie is probably right. These two billionaires debating the future of money aren’t exactly in the mix for nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. But Silicon Valley’s motto isn’t “slowly acquire expertise and fix things.” Blockchain is new, and it’s exciting to engineers, so things are going to get broken. Unfortunately for all of... See more