The blockchain does not eliminate the need for trust
- Written by Dirk Baur, Professor of Finance, University of Western Australia
Central authorities are still important to create legitimacy in a cryptocurrency.ShutterstockA common idea about the blockchain, the technology that powers Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, is that it can “create trust”, or allow two parties to make a transaction “without relying on trust”.
If true, this means we could...
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