Blockchain and the Promise of an Open, Decentralized Internet

Blockchain has the potential to address some of fundamental problems affecting today’s internet. The technology, as well as the various cryptocurrencies it makes possible, has been in the news lately, but beyond knowing that they have something to do with money, most people don’t really know what they are or why they should care.

By Irving Wladawsky-Berger

https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2018/02/23/blockchain-and-the-promise-of-an-open-decentralized-internet/