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Hurricane Dorian has touched land and touched many lives in its path. This is a disaster at a scale that needs the society to come together and do something concrete to help those who have been affected. I was discussing the ways that unaffected citizen could lend a helping hand, and I found a very genuine concern raised. A friend of mine said that if we take away the management cost of the charity being sent, we will be able to service a lot many more people than we do currently. Read more 

I spoke on the topic "Blockchain in Government" a few months back in Mumbai. I specifically chose the subject as it is a hot topic of discussion. My interaction at various levels of governments in the few months preceding had given me a unique perspective. I frequently start the process by asking a few simple questions. These questions are the qualifiers to ascertain if Blockchain can be of any assistance. The first couple of questions are about the use and the source of the data - if multiple parties share the data and if multiple parties updated the data. Read more  

If you have been following my blogs, you will know that I am what you may call an emerging tech fan. Emerging technologies have the potential to reshape the world for the better and it will be an exciting decade staring in a few months. The 2020s will be a decade of rapid growth so far as technologies are in consideration. You will see the implementation of a slew of tech innovations that you have not even heard about. yes, AI, AR, DLT, and IoT are already being implemented in the field but there are many technologies still in the labs, getting ready for their unveiling.  Read more : http://bit.ly/2MBYx3O

Although we are still a capitalist world, socialist ideologies are taking a foothold, and I think that is a positive development. I have been closely associated with many business bodies and committees, having lived in California for the last decade, which looked at the social impact of technologies. Now that the hype around cryptocurrencies and ICOs have died down, we are witnessing the emergence of the real Blockchain economy. Read more 

For an average internet surfer, the world wide web is a seamless flow of websites and information. Look closer, and you see many different layers that work connected, yet independent. The most simple example is how you have traditional websites and the Tor-based onion sites. In near future we will see a premium web network come up. This will be based in the Blockchain network. Not all websites will migrate to this or even need this. But, this will be the future that will drive real innovation in intellectual property rights. There will be a blockchain-based youtube alternative shortly. Read more

I have often talked about DLT and cryptocurrencies and my limited belief in actual adoption by governments, at this juncture of time. Yes, there are lots of pilots running, and yes, governments are posturing a lot. However, actual adoption is not happening. I am not trying to pain everything by the same brush. I do understand that governments across the globe have responded to this promising but unproven technology differently. Some governments are being apathetic; some are adopting a wait-and-watch approach, while some are creating regulatory sandboxes and sponsoring limited testing.  Read more

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is facing one of the biggest failures of his career - Libra. It can be simply called a Failure to Launch. We all know that 27 companies including luxury brands were backing the new cryptocurrency Libra, a brainchild of Mark Zuckerberg. Among others, Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer Vacheron Constantin, multinational conglomerate LVMH, and online luxury fashion retail platform Farfetch announced that they have joined hands with the likes of Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and eBay, to co-found the Libra Association. Read more