Posts by Jeremy Epstein (@jer979) — Hive

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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
The day we can laugh about account transfers…
![nsmblog50 (2).jpg] ( tl;dr: a short journey into the existing world of financial asset management and a realization of how much stands to improve. I recently initiated a…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
When the System is Rigged…
tl;dr: how public blockchains reduce the cognitive tax on assessing system credibility and why that’s important. It was my dad who first pointed out the unspoken societal…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
The cost of Google’s health insurance policy
tl;dr: Google is in the healthcare business. Their first product is Emotional Insurance. But it’s not free. I am writing this post on the morning after the Super Bowl. By…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
The Past and Future of Never Stop Marketing
Tl;dr: New leadership, refined focus. Still serving enterprise marketers. When Never Stop Marketing began all the way back in April 2008, the company was premised on two…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
My conversation with Johann Sebastian Bach
tl;dr: more thoughts on music as code and messaging and the benefits of a protected, secure environment for its transmission. A cousin suggested that I watch the…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
How Bitcoin Can Fail and the Risks of Confirmation Bias
tl;dr: the greatest threat isn’t math, computer science, or governments. It’s people. I think a lot about confirmation bias. At this point, I have a lot tied up in the…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
Why should you care how many more dollars there are now than 10 years ago?
Saw a chart of the growth in the money supply in the US since the 2008 financial crisis. It made me want to go back to basics for a refresher on the topic. So, I…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
When Regulators Get Disintermediated
tl;dr: an exploration of how regulatory goals could be achieved more effectively with decentralized governance. There are points in your life when you feel old. Then, there…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
Psychokiller: the Tech Revolution in the Music Industry
tl;dr: the past 25 years of the music industry are a great case study about how tech disrupts businesses. David Byrne of the Talking Heads is a great guide For those of us…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
The End of Housing Shortages and the Reinvention of the Construction Industry
tl;dr: when buildings are the outputs of 3d printing, a lot more changes than just the construction materials. Dubai recently announced that they had successfully 3d printed…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
Global Reverse Amazonification
tl;dr: the rules of the game have changed over the past 20 years. Jeff Bezos is a grandmaster. You don’t need me to link to articles and videos about the deforestation and…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
The End of Breakage Businesses
tl;dr: When assets are controlled by individuals, customer experiences will improve. They will have to. I almost never use Skype anymore. And by “never use,” I mean that the…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
Self-Sovereignty-as-a-Service
tl;dr: thinking about an emerging market based on an innate desire to not be followed 24/7. Welcome to SSI. On her 18th birthday, a girl is handed a brand new identity by her…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
The Institutions of the 21st Century
tl;dr: the digital age requires digital-native institutions so we can all get along. It’s about going forward, not backwards. In Judaism, there is a concept known as a “milah…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
How Every Pro Sports League Gets Disrupted by Blockchain
Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets may be the most effective crypto spokesperson in the world. Listen to him (it’s 2 minutes) . For more on his groundbreaking NBA…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
Public Blockchains are Hungry for Banks…and more
tl;dr: Disruption is evident after the non-obvious becomes obvious. A look back and a look forward. One of the richest zip codes in America is 22043. Right in the middle…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
What troubles me about Bitcoin
tl;dr: Not knowing about Bitcoin might save me a lot of discomfort in the short run but not knowing about it will likely cause more discomfort in the long run. Every now and…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
NFTs as collateral and the end of the appraisal business
tl;dr: when non-fungible assets can easily be used to secure loans of fungible assets, value gets liberated. One of the less obvious elements about the coming Age of…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
Peak Fiat?
tl;dr: will we look back at the 2010’s as the final, dying gasps of government-backed fiat currency? One of my morning rituals before I sit down to write a blog post is to…
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jer979 (52)in #blockchain • 5 years ago
Slofie Innovation and Skin in the Game Insurance
tl;dr: the insurance industry sits protected by regulatory moats and distribution moats. They have nothing to fear, right? Depends on your timeframe. Here comes deInsurance. I…
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