Technological Transformation

How Web3’s 'programmable commerce layer' will transform the global economy

Nov 28, 2022

The last remaining challenge of a digital economy is to put real-world (physical) assets onto the internet to achieve a "computable economy."

The last remaining challenge of a digital economy is to put real-world (physical) assets onto the internet to achieve a "computable economy." Image: Unsplash

Justin Banon

Co-Founder, Boson Protocol

Jason Potts

Professor of Economics, RMIT University

Sinclair Davidson

Chris Berg

Associate Professor, RMIT

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