{"id":66138,"date":"2019-02-09T08:42:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T13:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=66138"},"modified":"2019-02-09T09:11:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T14:11:46","slug":"reflections-on-135-million-reasons-to-believe-in-a-blockchain-miracle-maddock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/02\/09\/reflections-on-135-million-reasons-to-believe-in-a-blockchain-miracle-maddock\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on &#8220;135 Million Reasons To Believe In A Blockchain Miracle&#8221; [Maddock]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/mikemaddock\/2019\/02\/09\/135-million-reasons-to-believe-in-a-blockchain-miracle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>135 Million Reasons To Believe In A Blockchain Miracle<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from forbes.com by Mike Maddock<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to the latest headlines about a cryptocurrency entrepreneur\u2019s passing\u2014taking with him the\u00a0passcode to unlock C$180 million\u00a0(about $135 million U.S.) in investor currency\u2014which is now reportedly gone forever. Why? Because apparently, the promise of blockchain is true: It cannot be hacked. It is absolutely trustworthy.<\/p>\n<p>Gerald Cotton, the CEO of a crypto company, reportedly passed away recently while building an orphanage in India. Unfortunately, he was the only person who knew the passcode to access the millions his investors had entrusted in him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This is how we get the transition to Web 3.0.<\/p>\n<p>Some questions to consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who will build an easy-to-use \u201cwallet\u201d of the future?<\/li>\n<li>Are we responsible enough to handle that much power?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps the most important question of all is: What role do our \u201ctrusted\u201d experts play in this future?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>I&#8217;d like to add another question to Mike&#8217;s article:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">How should law schools, law firms, legislative bodies, government, etc. deal with the new, exponential pace of change and with the power of emerging technologies like<\/span><\/strong> <a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blockchain?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>blockchain<\/b><\/a> , <a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AI?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>AI<\/b><\/a>, <a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ML?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>ML<\/b><\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0<a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FacialRecognition?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>FacialRecognition<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>etc.?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>135 Million Reasons To Believe In A Blockchain Miracle &#8212; from forbes.com by Mike Maddock Excerpts: Which brings us to the latest headlines about a cryptocurrency entrepreneur\u2019s passing\u2014taking with him the\u00a0passcode to unlock C$180 million\u00a0(about $135 million U.S.) in investor currency\u2014which is now reportedly gone forever. Why? 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