a very long time The most important gap between the launch of a new technology and its broad adoption. A time gap in which the technology is declared ‘dead’ and ‘unnecessary’ multiple times, in which legislators provide clarity for further maturation and investors provide the necessary scale capital. From cryptos to NFTs, metaverse to CBDCs… The current and expected developments are unprecedented. In this article the most important developments around blockchain that I expect in the coming year.
“Cryptos are dead,” yet the world’s largest asset manager wants to give clients the ability to invest in them in the very near future and global adoption continues to grow . “NFTs are worthless and dead,” yet one of the world’s largest media brands (Disney) just announced it will be getting into them extensively and the Chinese government is also increasingly recognizing them.
“Metaverse is a ghost town and dead” yet the largest
online store in the world (Amazon) announced last summer that it would be taking major steps in this area and the Korean city of Seoul set up an entire metaverse city . “Blockchains don’t work”, yet one of the largest payment services (Paypal) stated the following : “Blockchains Are the New Financial Rails”. And in the past year, dozens of large well-known companies have announced successful integrations with the technology.
In recent times, due to the media frenzy surrounding generative AI, everything around blockchain technology seems to have disappeared (in the background). But nothing is what it seems. saint lucia email list 26037 contact leads Investments continue to flow in , adoption and cool use cases increase and technological developments are launched.
The great interface shift
But why do we hear so little about it? In 2019 I wrote the impact of google’s helpful content update on affiliate websites about the lack of a ‘killer app’. The light bulb was the catalyst for global acceptance of electricity. The Mosaic web browser was the internet, and email was ahead of iTunes and social media. In that respect, we really lack a ‘killer app’ ao lists for blockchain.
Also missing is an easy to use dashboard/interface. The browser suddenly made it possible for every layman to use the internet. ChatGPT does this with AI technology. People quickly drop out of technology if it is not easy to use.
So I also understand why many people do not use many solutions yet, because they are simply too difficult. A while ago I organized an NFT Gallery around the international art fair TEFAF and here I also had a ‘POAB Disc’. If you tapped this with a phone with an NFC scanner (most new phones have them), you automatically get a message that you could claim an NFT. But then you had to have a wallet and copy-paste a long strip with numbers/digits. Nice gimmick, but most people declined.