Blockchain Speculations (The Wild Card)
Architecture and urbanism have always, to a certain extent, been influenced by transformations in society, economy, technology and culture, either in a reactionary or affirming way. (For instance Modernism can be understood…
Architecture and urbanism have always, to a certain extent, been influenced by transformations in society, economy, technology and culture, either in a reactionary or affirming way. (For instance Modernism can be understood as an ‘answer’ to big societal questions like overpopulation and hygiene)
Decades after the introduction of computers and the internet as a global network of information and the following optimization of computer power and self-learning system, the concept of the smart city has been adopted by several large cities worldwide. The concept of the smart city is now in generation ‘3’, which means that smart city tools and instruments are developed, adopted and used to empower individuals to improve their shared habitat.1
Since the introduction of the bitcoin, a new fundamental technology has been developing as a tool to support this idea of ‘smart city 3.0’. Blockchain technology2 enables individuals to do transactions and to store and transfer validated information, without the infrastructure or interference of large institutions like banks, governments and global corporates. According to many, these technologies will have a ‘disruptive’ effect on all aspects of society.
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