HP: Blockchain Can Make IRS ‘Most Disrupted’ Entity of All
Adding to the already impressive list of big name proponents of Bitcoin' technology, tech giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) in partnership with Quartz has published an article on the disruptive potential of the blockchain. According to HP, the innovation could greatly disrupt the work of banks, credit card companies, lawyers, and perhaps most of all: the IRS. The article is published in the latest issue of HP Matter, a “digital magazine where the brightest minds in business share their perspectives on a technology-driven world,” and speaks highly of blockchain-tech. In the piece, called “The....
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SingularDTV is launching an innovative new organizational structure for tokenized ecosystems on Ethereum called CODE. CODE stands for Centrally Organized Distributed Entity when governance is completely centralized or Contractually Organized Distributed Entity when governance is decentralized. It is a result of the collaboration between SingularDTV, developers from ConsenSys, and the legal architects behind the Ethereum Foundation, Swiss law firm MME. Blockchain - non Blockchain interaction. SingularDTV is the first to launch with this structure, according to its CEO, Zach LeBeau, in an....
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There is one credible argument about why it is important to know Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity. His public wallets will account for about 5.5 % of the total number of bitcoins which will be in circulation after the 21 millionth – the last- bitcoin has been mined in approximately the year 2140. That theoretically could undermine the decentralization which has played a major role in why people have gravitated towards the cryptocurrency. It could easily be argued that Satoshi Nakamoto controls a number of bitcoins that could enable him to create price volatility if he so chose. The argument is....