[NetBehaviour] Blockchain & Bureaucracy

[ruth catlow]

Another informative blog here from Max. 
http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/2016/07/12/%C2%ADblockchain-bureaucracy/ 


It certainly reflects many of my encounters with blockchain-engaged 
types in London so far.
It's hard to overstate the extremities and contradictions that we've 
encountered in this area

The threat of this....
"The inability to imagine alternative use cases for p2p distributed 
networks to enable greater financial inclusion, citizen empowerment or 
civil organization will lead to the inevitable commercialization and 
privatization of blockchain, and bankers will fondly remember Bitcoin as 
the greatest gift the hackers ever made."

is a strong motivation for Furtherfield's work in this territory.

Look out for our upcoming Paper DAO workshops for artists and upstarts- 
planned for the autumn

And our open call for submissions to a new book Artists Re:thinking the 
Blockchain. (Deadline 1st October)
http://furtherfield.org/programmes/event/open-call-artists-rethinking-blockchain

Thanks Max!

Cheers
Ruth

On 13/07/16 14:41, Max Dovey wrote:
> ///The inability to imagine alternative use cases for p2p distributed 
> networks to enable greater financial inclusion, citizen empowerment or 
> civil organization will lead to the inevitable commercialization and 
> privatization of blockchain and bankers will fondly remember Bitcoin 
> as the greatest gift the hackers ever made.
>
> /http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/2016/07/12/%C2%ADblockchain-bureaucracy/ 
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