Stories by Robert Stevens
Blockchain is changing food and the way we eat
Five people in the U.K. died this week after eating sandwiches contaminated with listeria, a dangerous bacterial infection. Three weeks after the outbreak, the infected sandwiches are off the ...
News>Business
Robert Stevens
How successful has Binance’s charity drive been?
The crypto industry, plagued by scammers and thieves and frauds, has been embarking on a public relations campaign to clean up its image. Ripple has pledged over $100m to charity and “blockcha...
News>Cryptocurrencies
Robert Stevens
Christ Coin, Shekel Coin, HalalChain: Why blockchain is embracing religion
We’d need a miracle to sort out the current bear market. Perhaps that’s why blockchain startups are looking toward the heavens for divine inspiration–and a tidy profit. Christ Coin, Shekel Co...
News>Technology
Robert Stevens
Eco crypto’s dirty secret
Climate change, the giant political hot potato that will probably kill us all, will be solved by blockchain–if the various promises from the industry are to be believed. Energy-efficient crypt...
News>Business
Robert Stevens
The rise of the blockchain state
Speak to enough Blockchain CEOs, and it becomes clear that the true dream of blockchain is obscured from view. Ready to run the world from their bedroom, the political agendas are usually the ...
News>Technology
Robert Stevens
The reputation game
Consider an economy in which you’re entirely rewarded on your skill. No more curveball interview questions, no more schmoozing with your boss to get the promotion. And nobody cares where you w...
News>Business
Robert Stevens
Blockchain’s Mechanical Turk
On platforms like Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (Mturk) or CrowdFlower, large companies, such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, eBay, and LinkedIn, have workers fulfill orders of billions of microtasks...
News>Technology
Robert Stevens
How to create a person
It’s not money that makes the world go round–it’s credit. That’s why banks, which invest trillions of dollars every day, are so powerful–if their customers withdrew all their money at the same...
News>Technology
Robert Stevens