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Why the Blockchain Promises a Safer Future and how big Business Will try to Kill it

Chris Herd
5 min readOct 12, 2018

The World is Changing Before our Eyes

The future of everything is in the crowd — through distributed networks and blockchains which enable privacy, collaboration and trust on an unprecedented scale.

This is the next revolution. Individuals taking back power from governments, companies and agencies by reclaiming their privacy and anonymity.Blockchains remove the need for government intervention in areas the public no longer trust them to control and they remove the need for Tech companies to sell our data to the highest bidder.

Where the internet has stolen our identity and compelled us to share such an abundance of information for the commercial gain and exploitation of only a few companies the blockchain promises a safer path forward. We have surrendered our privacy in exchange for access to services — the platitude of if the product is free then you are the product has never been more true — but the Blockchain offers the opportunity to turn the tide.

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Chris Herd
Chris Herd

Written by Chris Herd

CEO / Founder / Coach @FirstbaseHQ Empowering people to work in their lives not live at work ✌️✌

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