This article is part of the Internet vs Blockchain Revolution Series. If you are interested in reading the other articles, check out this post. Are we in 1994? Interestingly, when Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, found himself in Silicon Valley in early 1994, he thought that he was too late and missed the…

This article is part of the Internet vs Blockchain Revolution Series. If you are interested in reading the other articles, check out this post. Emergent technologies enable new concepts and business models that were not possible or practical before. These new concepts and business models often take time to be…

This article is part of the Internet vs Blockchain Revolution Series. If you are interested in reading the other articles, check out this post. In the early stage of emergent technologies, there are often challenges around scalability, cost, and education, limiting the development of breakthrough applications and mass adoption. …

This article is part of the Internet vs Blockchain Revolution Series. If you are interested in reading the other articles, check out this post. Looking back at the Internet revolution, the founders of a lot of disruptive companies didn’t necessarily had business in mind first but came from various backgrounds…

This article is part of the Internet vs Blockchain Revolution Series. If you are interested in reading the other articles, check out this post. The early successful products during the Internet and Blockchain Revolution were the ones that abstracted the technicalities of the technology and provided convenience to the early…

Mark Twain once said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme”. At 8 Decimal Capital, we are attempting to find similarities between the Internet and Blockchain revolutions, to help the community better understand technological life cycles and the future of the Blockchain industry. The Internet Revolution facts are based…

I had the pleasure of presenting on the topic of “Investing in the Security Token Ecosystem” in January 2019 at the Security Token Realized conference in London. Below is a summary of some key ideas from the presentation. …

OVERVIEW: A tokenized version of assets should be able to demonstrate three key properties on the blockchain: the underlying asset: the virtual representation of the asset; the ownership of the asset: the identity of the asset owners; and the compliance rules of the asset: the set of regulatory and compliance…

By 2030, blockchain will have a value-add of over $3 trillion worldwide from cost reductions and revenue gains according to Gartner. The winning use cases will not only solve issues in the current system but also justify the benefits, costs, and risks associated with implementing the technology. As enterprise solutions…