Happy New Year from School of Block: Newsletter, January 1st
Hi everyone,
I hope that you have had a great new year so far! Here are some articles and resources to kick off our blockchain content for 2020.
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For those of us who fear the effects of mass surveillance from an imperfect internet setup, there are groups of people working on blockchain solutions to this problem. Here is some more information.
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Blockchain is not only being used for food safety and supply chain transparency as we looked at last week, but also for addressing food waste and hunger. In weathly countries, we see an incredible amount of food waste over the holiday season in particular. Here is an article to help reflect on what we can do better in the future.
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Will 2020 be the year we finally see Ethereum 2.0? Ben Edgington of ConsenSys explains why he thinks so in this op-ed.
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In world news, the Secretary-General of the United Nations says that it’s important to prioritize blockchain technologies. This comes just after China announced its push to be the world leader in blockchain technologies. While not for the same reasons, every government and governmental organization is now taking blockchain seriously moving into the new decade!
At School of Block, we have a lot of exciting content planned for 2020. Here are a couple things we are working on: tutorial and explanation videos for our YouTube channel as well as a podcast that is about to launch. Thank you so much for supporting us over these last few months.
Here’s to a wonderful new year of blockchain innovation and a better world!
School of Block Team