Emerging Technologies
You’ve heard of Bitcoin, but what about Ethereum?
Where Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, Ethereum is a platform – and that’s where its potential lies.
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Global Issue
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Blockchain
Future of Information and Entertainment
How can creative industries benefit from blockchain?
The technology that enables Bitcoin could redefine how artists distribute and are paid for their work.
Blockchain
Four reasons to question the hype around blockchain
There is a hint of bubble-like behaviour in the claims swirling around these new technologies
Future of Digital Economy and Society
Blockchain: the ledger that will record everything of value to humankind
Blockchain first emerged in the wake of the global financial crisis as a means of recording transactions independent of governments and banks. But these pioneering digital ledgers could s...
Blockchain
Podcast: Are we prepared for the Blockchain revolution?
What is the technology behind the Bitcoin and how does it work? What applications will it have in our day to day lives? What sectors and industries will it disrupt? Are we prepared for th...
Energy
Four key technologies that will make energy more democratic
These four technologies stand out in enabling the transition to a decarbonized, democratized energy system.
Blockchain
Two billion people lack access to a bank account. Here are 3 ways blockchain can help them
There are major barriers to people joining the financially connected world. Can blockchain help knock them down?
Blockchain
Why blockchain should be global trade’s next port of call
Blockchain-based distributed ledger technology could smooth out port operations across the world, from tracking shipping containers to allowing cargo vessels to restock their own supplies.
Blockchain
5 infographics that explain one year of blockchain news
Here’s a quick overview of a year’s worth of news about blockchains, databases that essentially make records more verifiable and permanent.
Blockchain
This isn’t sci-fi: A space-based sharing economy powered by nano-satellites could save humanity
Creating a sharing economy in space could help us identify and counter some of the biggest threats to our planet.
Blockchain
This is the technology that could help us make globalization work for everyone
The authors, members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Council on Blockchain, look at the potential of blockchain to make globalization work for everyone.
Blockchain
Blockchain: A new hope, or just hype?
Exploring the potential benefits and downfalls of blockchain technology,
China
Here's why bitcoin boomed in 2016
Ana Swanson reviews bitcoin in 2016 and examines rising demand in China.
China
Mining Bitcoin in the mountains of China
Eric Mu, who runs a bitcoin mine in the mountains of Sichuan, explains his interest in the currency.
Blockchain
Will blockchain change the world?
This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation. Digital cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin may have failed to unseat their more traditional rivals, but the technology that un...