Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about global business and investing in emerging markets. There is a new tug of war between centralized finance – ...

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) sound like something out of the future. And in a way, they are. It’s a new organizational structure that, in theory, allows for decentralized decision ...

Although the decentralized identity market is still in its infancy, it has been gaining traction in recent years and has the potential to change existing identity, authentication, and access for the ...

For years, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has advocated for privacy in the crypto space. Buterin argues that onboarding ...

As the popularity of cryptocurrency continues to grow, governments around the world are grappling with how to regulate it. In the U.S., the government's approach has been characterized by a mixture of ...

Update (Aug. 29 at 4:00 am UTC): This article has been updated to correct the description for Prom. At the heart of crypto and blockchain tech is the concept of decentralization, which avoids ...

Throughout history, governments have been established to serve the interests of a population. The concept of a central government was invented to enact justice, distribute rights and provide ...

The Bitcoin white paper doesn’t mention the word decentralization once – but it’s obviously there by another name: peer-to-peer. The Ethereum white paper mentions decentralization about 40 times. And ...