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If smart contracts, the self-executing financial agreements that have drawn hundreds of billions of dollars in investment to blockchain networks, seem magical, then maybe it’s time to rewatch “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.”In the iconic segment of Disney’s 1940 animated film “Fantasia,” Mickey Mouse plays the titular character who learns a hard
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Michael Casey is chief content officer at CoinDesk. The following is part of "The Token Economy," an essay in Alex Tapscott’s new book "The Financial Services Revolution."Blockchain technology, and the cryptocurrencies, tokens and other digital assets it has engendered, may be moving us toward a model of programmable money that
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South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung has filed a patent for a blockchain-enabled Solid State Drive (SSD).“Programmable blockchain solid state drive and switch”Local industry news outlet Decenter reported on Sept. 3 that Samsung applied for the “programmable blockchain solid state drive and switch” patent on Jan. 15 and that
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