From my panel presentation at the Arizona State University, Beus Center for Law & Society conference: Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science: Law, Policy & Ethics; in Phoenix, Arizona on 17 May 2018.
by Caterina Rindi
CC BY-SA license
2. Why Important
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• new tools
• p2p consensus + cryptography + distr. open ledger
• global, multi-industry impact
• new economic access
• microtransactions; token market & ICO’s
• speaks to lost trust in governments, corporations, banks
• personal data ownership & monetization; privacy
May 2018
3. Applications – Sustainability
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• UN Sustainable Development Goals
• economic access for unbanked - #1 – BanQuApp.com
• energy microgrids - #7 – PowerLedger.io
• tracking food provenance - #12 – ripe.io
• p2p carbon trading - #13 – CarbonX.ca
• BlockchainforGood.com – humanizing tech
• ixo.foundation – tracking social impact claims
May 2018
4. Applications – ID & data ownership
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• Blockstack.org
• Civic.com
• Datawallet.com
• PeerMountain.com
• ShoCard.com
• Sovrin.org
• uPort.me
• W3C Credentials Community Group – standards
May 2018