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July 28, 2021

Can blockchain still transform the world? 9 insights from an expert panel

Digital ledgers can’t compete with Elon Musk’s dogecoin tweets for attention — but there are plenty of ways they could be a whole lot more useful for society.


Éanna Kelly

8 min read

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Remember blockchain? That transformative tech ready to upend the internet, the financial system, the world? It’s still out there — it’s just taking a little longer than promised to achieve total domination.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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