Blockchain RECONnaissance

Segwit2x proves that blockchain doesn’t make politics obsolete

The somewhat sudden cancellation of Bitcoin’s proposed Segwit2x update should prove beyond any doubt that blockchain technologies cannot make politics or trust obsolete, and that they simply move the politics to another…

Are blockchains the 3D printing of trust services?

Blockchains and the regulation debate, part 1

Should Bitcoin be regulated? Many of its users, true to its crypto-utopian roots, would probably disagree. However, governments are unlikely to take a complete hands-off approach. The emergence of cryptocurrencies has elicited a variety of regulatory…

Three non-technological ways in which blockchains may “fail”

“Fail”, because failing is obviously relative. By now, there is no real doubt that blockchains deliver on their technological promise: tamper-proof distributed permissionless ledgers. But they may very well fail to deliver on…

What is project ReCon?

In brief: we’re a research project and a collaboration that looks into implications and applications of (primarily) non-currency blockchain technologies, and raises awareness of the possibilities of blockchain technology, particularly in Finland.