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Why Blockchain's Ethical Stakes Are So High
Blackman, ReidArticle HBS-H070TT-EInformation TechnologiesSenior leaders face a range of ethical and reputational risks in implementing blockchain projects. This article looks at four risks - the lack of third-party protections, the threat of privacy violations, the zero-state problem, and bad governance - and offers advice for how blockchain developers and users can mitigate potential harm.Starting at €8.20
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What Is Web3?
Stackpole, ThomasArticle HBS-H070UE-EInformation TechnologiesWeb3 is being touted as the future of the internet. The vision for this new, blockchain-based web includes cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DAOs, decentralized finance, and more. It offers a read/write/own version of the web, in which users have a financial stake in and more control over the web communities they belong to. Web3 promises to transform the experience of being online as dramatically as PCs and smartphones did. It is not, however, without risk...Starting at €8.20
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Cautionary Tales from Cryptoland
Stackpole, ThomasArticle HBS-H071AM-EInformation TechnologiesWeb3 is off to a rocky start. Optimists may rattle on about progress on the horizon, but at present the space is rife with fraud, hacks, and collapses. In this Q&A with Web3 critic Molly White, creator of the website Web3 Is Going Just Great, White argues that as this technology becomes more mainstream, its ability to do harm - financial, emotional, and reputational - will grow, and fast. For one, blockchain technology is often applied in ways, o...Starting at €8.20