article thumbnail

How social forces could drive blockchain demand

O'Reilly

That is why it’s critical to examine broader social forces when trying to understand how quickly a new technology will be adopted—and to understand why blockchain technology is building momentum at this particularly potent time. Enter blockchains. In this moment of increasing discontent, we’re entering the dawn of the blockchain era.

article thumbnail

Structural Evolutions in Data

O'Reilly

” Web3 has similarly progressed through “basic blockchain and cryptocurrency tokens” to “decentralized finance” to “NFTs as loyalty cards.” Each time, the underlying implementation changed a bit while still staying true to the larger phenomenon of “Analyzing Data for Fun and Profit.”