Understanding the strengths, weaknesses and user preferences of each model is critical for designing the next generation of digital asset infrastructure.

Bitcoin was designed to be a completely decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency. Certain aspects of the Bitcoin network -- such as Bitcoin mining -- have become more centralized over time.

Over half of global population lives in cities, and this ratio is continually increasing. In the context of achieving carbon neutral in the middle of 21th, cities are both an important cause for and ...

Narratives about crypto regulations and compliance, or lack thereof, are increasingly missing the point. The general purpose of financial regulation is to maximize consumer protection, prevent fraud ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bitcoin journalist and financial analyst based in London. Bitcoin was born from a revolutionary vision: a decentralized, ...

The last four years were focused on fighting for the survival of the crypto industry in the United States. Against a hostile administration and unprecedented lawfare, the industry fought back boldly – ...

The widespread collapse of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, which disrupted key services worldwide, is being touted as a vindication of blockchain and decentralized technology. Zain Cheng, the ...

James Madison famously wrote in Federalist No. 51 that “if men were angels, no government would be necessary.” The remedy entailed structuring a government that doesn’t merely control the governed, ...

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm, but many people have found themselves looking up at the sky, wondering where all the rain came from. Those who didn’t realize ...

Bitcoin mining is increasingly becoming a game best played by giant publicly-traded companies. That is raising fears among a bitcoin community that holds decentralization to be a guiding light above ...

I was taken aback recently when, within a week, executives from several large corporations called with the same question: Should we recentralize our IT function? It wasn’t the coincidence of many ...