Blockchain technology is getting coopted by the establishment.
Bitcoin’s invention back in 2008 couldn’t have been timed better. The financial crisis was just coming to a boil, leading people to question the competence of central banks and major financial institutions.
When bitcoin began to enter the mainstream consciousness in 2011, such skepticism was still very much alive. The European debt crisis was just getting underway. And Wikileaks’ publication of U.S. state department cables followed […]