Blockchain Revolution

Nongovernment Organizations
The year 2015 proved transformative for the burgeoning constellation of NGOs and
civil society organizations focused specifically on this technology. Though Forde’s
DCI is housed within MIT, we include it here. Other such groups include Brito’s Coin
Center and Perianne Boring’s Chamber of Digital Commerce. These groups are
gaining traction in the community.
Users
This means you and me—people who care about identity, security, privacy, our other
rights, long-term viability, fair adjudication, or a forum for righting wrongs and
fighting criminals who use technology to destroy what we care about. Everyone
seems divided on basic taxonomy and categorization: Does blockchain refer to the

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bitcoin blockchain or the technology in general? Is it big “B” Blockchain or little “b”
blockchain? Is it a currency, commodity, or technology? Is it all of these things or
none of these things?