The Rule of Three
Three new technologies made The Underground in London possible, (1) electricity, (2) the tunneling shield, and (3) the elevator to bring passengers to the deep-level tube railway. The core infrastructure for a flourishing city was born. Until then, the underground railways had to be steam-worked and built just under the road or below buildings, creating […]
Goolge Analytics is Illigal
On the 13th of January 2022, the privacy authority in Austria decided that Google Analytics is illegal. Data and server location are critical for this ruling (1). Google Analytics sends personal data to US-based companies’ servers, which implies the right for US intelligence services to access them. That is not GDPR compliant, so it is […]
Staking becomes a way to contribute to the Threefold DAO
Threefold DAO is coming alive. It uses blockchain-enabled services for its governance. These blockchain services will use “proof of stake” as their consensus mechanism. It brings opportunities for staking. Are you familiar with terms such as “staking” and “proof of staking”? Staking is the act of locking up tokens in a pool to provide economic […]
The DAO is coming alive
Will the DAO change the way we work and do banking?With Threefold DAO, we are witnessing the start of one. It is coming alive with the launch of version 3.DAO stands for decentralized autonomous organization. The Threefold DAO holds rules for value exchange between members and organizational governance.Users of cloud services pay with Threefold tokens […]
Our Flemish Government Starts a Data Utility
Co-Inpetto started as a recruitment cabinet for IT professionals and business consultants in 1999. Exchanging personal data was my core business. I began to watch out for a data utility; I missed it for my business. I had my prototype for better value creation. One of my clients for recruitment was a start-up in the […]
The Metaverse and Web 3.0 Economics
Facebook’s business model is in trouble. Is the Metaverse the way out of it? With Metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg can make up a storyline around interoperability, privacy, safety, and open standards. He even mentions human rights in his presentation about the Metaverse and his new Meta company. The Metaverse will offer VR and AR applications on […]
Help Shape Our Common Future
Massive on-line education and collaboration are bringing forward the development of the decentralized infrastructure that society needs. I have just finished two MOOCs from the EdX Platform. The MOOC Data for Better Lives is a follow-up on the Flagship Report of the Worldbank with the same title. Download it here. The other MOOC is Fintech […]
Design and Combinational Creativity
No single person has all the knowledge to produce a pencil. It can only be created only through the specialization of many people and coordination between them. Nearly everybody uses it. As a follower of these posts, you know that massive collaboration is leading to the rollout of the internet 4.0. It will bring new […]
Data Is (NOT!) The New Oil
Comparing data with oil is done, but it can lock up our thinking, imagination, and power to act. Data powers the new economy in the way that oil powers the traditional economy. But the analogy between data and oil breaks down right after that. Oil and data as raw materials have very different economic characteristics. […]
Financing The Emerging Future
Co-Inpetto Farm positions itself as a financial instrument for mission-led communities.They get stronger thanks to the token economics of Threefold while contributing to the roll-out of the internet 4.0. The internet 4.0 will re-arange data logistics. More things and people will be included in the data chain to organize life. We will use the opportunity […]