Bel pezzo sul Ethereum e il tentativo di automatizzare la fiducia (o farne a meno). <https://aeon.co/essays/trust-the-inside-story-of-the-rise-and-fall-of-ethere...> Blockchain enthusiasts crave a world without bankers, lawyers or fat-cat executives. There's just one problem: trust [] Such are the perils of supposedly trust-free technology. It might make for good marketing copy, but the fact of the matter is that blockchain technology is larded through with trust. [] Instead of trusting our laws and institutions, we are being asked to trust stakeholders and miners, and programmers, and those who know enough coding to be able to verify the code. We aren’t actually trusting the blockchain technology; we are trusting the people that support the blockchain. [] Finally, we shouldn’t deceive ourselves with the idea that a technological fix can replace the human dimension of trust. Automation of trust is illusory. Rather than disparaging and cloaking human trust, we should face the brutal truth: we can’t escape the need to rely on other people, as fallible and imperfect as they might be. We need to nurture and nourish trust – not throw it away, like so much debased and worthless currency.