WTF is NFT?

NFT is a shorthand for “Non fungible token.” Fungibility is what enables currencies to be transacted with ease. I can give you $3 and you accept it in exchange for a cup of coffee. This example shows how dollars are fungible. Fungibility is a central characteristic of a currency. And, many things have value that are not currencies.

Unlike currencies, Non-fungible tokens contain unique data that make each NFT non-interchangeable with another NFT. For example, let's look at a house. No two houses are the same: they have different layouts, sizes, exteriors, updates, etc. Even if two homes are identical in build, they sit on different ground. In the same way, no two NFTs are the same, even ones that are in a series because each one is individually and uniquely identified. The non-fungible nature of these unique tokens means they can be used in ways the currencies we’ve come to love cannot be used.

Daniel WeinzvegMarch 25, 2021NFT, non-fungible token, blockchain, cryptocurrency, bitcoinComment

The Time Is Ripe!

Our species is amazingly resilient. Our planet is a self-healing organism. We will get through this current crisis. In the meantime, we have important work to do - and we would be remiss to not take advantage of this Great Pause to lean into the important conversations about how we want the next 100 years to look, instead of figuring out how to restart the dysfunctional and disenfranchising “normal” of yesterday.

Daniel WeinzvegApril 22, 2020COVID-19, Social Innovation, Governance, eVoting, decision making, blockchainComment

Building Trust In the Season Of Black Swans

Daniel WeinzvegApril 8, 2020Trust, COVID-19, Collaboration, communication, transparency, blockchain, coordinationComment

We're Voting All Wrong!

There are many different ways to make decisions. When our decision-making processes lack integrity, so do the results. If the decision-making process forces people to support a decision they do not really support, then the resulting decision, while appearing to have buy-in, lacks the level of buy-in needed to move the decision from theory to practice.

Daniel WeinzvegNovember 1, 2018decision making, blockchain, voting, democracyComment

So, You Raised A Couple Million. Now What?

Right now, the ICO and blockchain space, in general, is filled with visionaries that have deep understandings of technical systems. Many of these visionaries and innovators are cryptographic and software engineering geniuses. That being said, knowing how to envision the outcome and draw the blueprints is only half the equation. Implementing the vision is a whole other ballgame.

Daniel WeinzvegJune 21, 2018blockchain, start up, Organization DevelopmentComment

Technology Wont Save Us

While it is exciting to focus on emerging technologies, we must not place too much hope in its hands nor invest more time in the development of them than we do ourselves or each other. No technology, policy or law is going to save us. We have to save us. We do this by investing in ourselves and our relationships with each other.

Daniel WeinzvegMay 17, 2018blockchain, human centered design, Team Development, p2pComment

Now Accepting Bitcoin

Bitcoin and Litecoin, two of the most promising cryptocurrencies, have made money management from abroad easy and next to free. The more I use Bitcoin and Litecoin to pay for things, goods and obligations, the more and more frustrated I become with the existing banking systems. The various fees banks charge for withdrawals, transfers, wires, maintenance and beyond have consistently increased, with little (if any) benefit to consumers. Luckily, there is a much better system out there that is gaining momentum every day.

Daniel WeinzvegApril 27, 2018bitcoin, litecoin, blockchainComment

2018: The Year of The Blockchain

"The very institutions whose charter is brokering social trust—banks and governments—have in many parts of the world spectacularly failed to do so." - Natalie Smolenski

Daniel WeinzvegMarch 29, 2018bitcoin, blockchain, ICO, cryptocurrencyComment

It's Bigger Than Bitcoin

Daniel WeinzvegDecember 5, 2017bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency Comments

Here Comes The Blockchain

Have you read Thomas Friedman’s new book, Thank You For Being Late? It is all about how we can thrive in the age of acceleration; this period of time when change is gaining momentum at ever-increasing light-speed pace. This break-neck evolution of all systems -- globalization, technology, migration, etc. -- is the new normal.

If you think 2017 has been a crazy year, just wait for and see what’s around the corner in 2018. While I am not a futurist, I am an early adopter, and if 1% of the global economy and my intuition are right, we are in for an exciting transition that began in 2007, has been gaining momentum over the past 10 years and in the next decade will be reaching mass adoption.

Daniel WeinzvegNovember 29, 2017blockchain, cryptocurrency, bitcoinComment