Blockchain Revolution

Blockchain Implications: As blockchain technology gains in systemic
importance, stakeholders must aggregate and scrutinize data. The bitcoin blockchain
may be radically open, transparent, and reconcilable, but closed blockchains used in
everything from financial services to the Internet of Things might not be. Imagine a
platform that allowed regular citizens to aggregate and scrutinize data, proving a
strong bulwark against creeping showstoppers of scalability, government
encroachment, or unsustainable energy use. They would enable watchdogs and
advocates among us to hold institutions and corporations more accountable and drive
constructive discussion.
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Standards Networks

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Standards networks are non-state-based organizations that develop technical
specifications and standards for virtually anything, including standards for the Internet
itself. They determine the standards that form the fundamental building blocks for
product development and allow a promising innovation to make the leap to mass
adoption. For global standards networks to work, they must engage the expertise of
individuals, institutions, civil society organizations, and, most of all, private sector
enterprise. The Internet Engineering Task Force, one of the primary standards bodies
for the Internet governance network, excels at incorporating the many views of
diverse stakeholders.