iDen2's recent announcement about expanding their leadership team with talent from Google, Coinbase, and Salesforce is making headlines, but are we cheering too soon? While the surface-level narrative is about scaling and expertise, a closer look raises a critical question: Are these hires a strategic move towards true decentralization, or...
We're on the cusp of a revolution. One that isn’t just a typical, incremental upgrade, but rather a vertical leap in how we’ll direct our health care, and more importantly, our lives. No more centralized databases, no insurance companies keeping all the playing cards. The principles behind Decentralized Finance (DeFi)...
>Sign Protocol is making the security of data privacy regulation while increasing its worldwide presence. It uses innovative technologies to integrate virtual identities and service delivery. The firm provides off-chain data redundancy through a partnership with Arweave. It powers multi-chain contract interactions, and multi-identity integration across web2 and web3 is...
The idyllic promise of a one-stop electronic digital door to all of Hawaiʻi’s government services, myHawaii, couldn’t be more enticing. One login, one stop to 96 services, greater efficiency – the aloha spirit, digitized. But beneath the surface of convenience lies a troubling question: are we trading ease of use...
No one can deny that Intellicheck’s partnership with Accio Data, announced last month, is shaking things up. Is this evolution in fraud prevention really all that urgent? Or does it instead threaten to undermine our privacy in exchange for the false promise of security? Here’s what this integration looks like...
The alluring promise of air travel so frictionless, you just tap your way through an airport with a quick digital wish, seems like the perfect dream. Yet this promise shines like faerie gold from Irish mythology. Look a bit closer, and it can quickly evaporate into something much less appetizing....
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently adopted ID.me. This Virginia-based company needs no introduction, as you already know about its identity verification services based on face biometrics. This recent decision to require ID.me as the means of identity verification for patent attorneys, agents and inventors has created...
We've all heard the tales. The whole country gets a shimmering pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, courtesy of that same devious leprechaun. It's a beautiful story, isn't it? A beacon of opportunity, of overnight wealth, of riding the lucky streak. If we’re being truthful, how many...
Let's be blunt: the NFT gold rush feels like a distant memory. We witnessed the speculative mania, the million-dollar profile picture NFTs, and the quaint talk of a new decentralized world. Now that the dust has settled, it's time to pull back the curtain and ask a crucial question: are...
Now, picture having that happen, as you awaken, with no electricity. Not in a brief temporary outage, but in a long-extended blackout paralyzing hospitals, blocking transportation, and predisposing communities to disasters. This is not some dystopian fantasy, it’s a present danger. Our increasing dependence on decentralized, physical infrastructure networks, or...
The dirty little secret about DePINs though? They’re sitting ducks. All that new decentralized infrastructure, humming away, is ripe for attack as anyone can spoof an admin account and cause chaos. We’re not talking about just theoretical doomsday scenarios – but real-world consequences like compromised energy grids, hijacked sensor networks...
Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePINs) are changing the way we think about managing physical infrastructure by combining blockchain technology with decentralized, web-enabled IoT devices. These networks are decentralized and dependent on a web of connected IoT devices. Yet they have unique challenges in securing these qualities of security and accountability....
I know, I know—what could possibly be more interesting than this “What’s Going on Quad Cities” Facebook group turned NFT news hub. 106,000 dogmatic, astroturfed followers strong, it certainly outstrips the reach of the local fish wrap. For all traditional media entities, that’s a gut punch and a warning shot....
Okay, let's address the elephant in the digital room: a Facebook group, "What's Going on Quad Cities," is now more than just a Facebook group. It’s a new website publishing local news through the power of NFTs. And the question everyone's whispering is: Is this brilliant, or bonkers?NFTs and News:...
I've been watching the DeFi space closely for years, and let me tell you, it's a wild west out there. As wonderful as it is, it has some serious security holes. The user experience is that bad, even your grandma would save more money and run home to her CD!...
