Blockchain platforms offer several unique characteristics which go far beyond crypto currencies and the conventional methods of data storage and sharing. It is unfortunate that the hype around blockchain distracted the attention from those features. Now that the hype is over, we slowly start to see the real potential of blockchain platforms. Let us start …
A big contributor to the Hype behind Blockchain was the combination of the Celebrity Effect and a sales script that outlines all the alleged benefits of blockchain (and in most cases crypto currencies while at it). Some of those celebrities just sold their face and name like they also do for your favorite brand of …
Now that the biggest wave of hypes around Blockchain (and Crypto Currencies) is over, it is interesting to review what caused these hypes to be so explosive and also so misleading. Why does this matter? The next hypes are already building and a critical constructive review might help us identify overly hyped context earlier and …
Two years ago today I delivered my first webinar “Blockchain beyond the Hype” and since then many webinars, keynotes and publications followed. And of course regular posts on Social Media focusing on downplaying the enormous hype around blockchain and offering a realistic view on what it is and what it isn’t. Now 2 years later …
Collection of Thoughts and Quotes on Blockchain by Johannes Drooghaag
Disrupting Disruption 003 Weekly Update for March 18th 2019 My weekly update covering Blockchain, CyberSecurity and Your Passport 2 Grow.
In this summary of my lecture and workshops on Blockchain and the potential Use Cases for the automotive industry, I take a look at those possible scenarios and a critical look at the challenges and obstacles.
We need binding technology neutral legislation, and this is why! As follow up to SDG’s and the Ethics of Technology, I ran a poll on Twitter to understand how my Social Media network thinks about the responsibility for the usage of technology. These are the results of that poll: There are some interesting observations to …
In a lively discussion about blockchain and disruption, once again the question was raised “what will disrupt blockchain?”, and the answer to that question is as simple as it is straightforward. Blockchain itself will disrupt blockchain. As carrier for disruption of many industries and applications, blockchain has become a catalyst for change and transformation. Although …
An introduction to Blockchain beyond Crypto, and Blockchain beyond the hype. Practical Use Cases and current challenges, in workshops, keynotes, pragmatic consulting and publications.