BRINGING TRUST BACK TO THE INTERNET
Brad Grossman
Founder/ CEO Zeitguide. YOUR guide through the Zeitgeist. Cultural futurist. Public Speaker. Author. Creator of Culture Class.
The biggest issue facing the internet today: trust. The past year and a half has exposed how easily the most popular online services can be manipulated to distort the truth. And it seems as though things will get a lot worse before they get better. Enter the blockchain as a proposed solution. Best known as the technology behind crypto-currencies like bitcoin, blockchain refers to a system of online exchanges conducted through a decentralized, public, digital ledger. The undefined potential for this technology has led to imaginings of an internet 3.0. “There is this underlying hope that maybe we can find a way to take away the chaos a little bit,” says BuzzFeed senior writer Charlie Warzel. “Keep it free, keep it open, but make people more accountable.” Read more from our recent ZEITGUIDE to Trust. #zeitguide2018 #blockchain