*Culture wars: Preserving digital content on the blockchain* July 25, 2016 | By Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott—co-authors of Blockchain Revolution Free press, free speech, and personal privacy are essential to an open, free, and prosperous society. On one hand, journalists and authors must be able to communicate privately and anonymously. On the other hand, they must be able to speak freely and securely without fear of repercussion. In both cases, they must be able to support what they do. Online censorship, the hacking of large institutions and civil society, systematic piracy and data fracking, and Edward Snowden’s revelations of mass and targeted surveillance have driven people of well-established democracies to seek anonymous, encrypted, and monetizable communications through blockchain technologies. These tools enable them to disguise their identities and scramble their messages in transit and in storage so that only authorized persons may access them in exchange for cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. […] Continua qui: https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2016/07/25/culture-wars-preserving-digit...