Taking a break from Bitcoin maximalism to have a chat with John Wolpert (@Consensys, @IBMblockchain, @Hyperledger) for what consensus protocols and blockchain can do...
“All this to say, there is no optimistic version of the future in which humanity does not use significantly more energy than it does...
"The server owns your data, owns your account, and owns the cryptographic keys used to secure it. That last bit is obscure, but important....