It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: seven keys, held by individuals from all over the world, that together control security at the core of the web. The reality, discovers James Ball, is rather closer to The Office than The Matrix

Late last year, at the peak of the non-fungible token (NFT) craze, I purchased about a dozen highest-rated NFT books on Amazon: I did this because I wanted to publish a balanced critique of NFTs; I figured the most honest approach would to get familiar with the best-articulated arguments put forward by the proponents of this tech.

In which we talk about the big shifts in crypto.

I looked at 34 projects listed by the top Google result for “real-world blockchain projects”. 33 of these are either dead, pivoted away from Blockchain, use Blockchain in a (sometimes dangerously) bad way, or are have no real-world utility.

I’ve recently been debating with @balajis on Twitter about his various ideas for blockchain use cases. I’m posting a lightly-edited transcript here because I think it’s an interesting record of two…

Half a century of IT innovation is now being used for destruction.

Let’s explore subjectivity in algorithm design using one the most iconic algorithms of the internet age: PageRank. First, a brief primer on the formulation of the PageRank algorithm. The algorithm…

Experts say gaming will be the first real use case for the future of blockchain. It could revamp the industry, create a multiverse, and make games more immersive than ever. How gaming navigates the remaining hurdles will become a case study for other uses of blockchain technology.

How the networked age is reinventing our careers