The Ether Review #34 - Vinay Gupta on Rethinking Blockchain Use Cases

The threat of Ethereum regulation as a result of the DAO fiasco raises the question: At its core, is blockchain a financial technology? The Crypto project is viewed by many to be an effort to safeguard mankind's future. Vinay Gupta says it’s time to realign the crypto project with human survival rather than human greed. Topics Covered: Will Ethereum become regulated and merge with Fintech? Is this a bad thing? In the event of a global financial collapse, have we built an infrastructure which will benefit the many, or enable the few to hide their wealth? Is the anarcho-capitalist/crypto-anarchist dream fading in favor of more pragmatic views? Rather than finance, should we focus on problems like climate change and global popular representation? And what about provably fair online dating? https://twitter.com/leashless https://twitter.com/arthurfalls Content: Vinay Gupta, Arthur Falls