{"id":6197,"date":"2021-02-26T16:14:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/?p=6197"},"modified":"2021-03-19T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:08:00","slug":"digital-id-will-be-cryptos-killer-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/26\/digital-id-will-be-cryptos-killer-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital ID will be crypto\u2019s killer app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/newmoneyreview\/74295012\/a-decade-in-cryptocurrency\/\">the latest <em>New Money Review<\/em> podcast<\/a>, Paul Gordon, the founder of Coinscrum, the UK\u2019s oldest and most popular cryptocurrency networking and events group, shares his thoughts on the past, present and future of the now-booming digital asset sector.<\/p>\n<p>In the podcast, Gordon says cryptocurrencies may be approaching the end of an eleven-year bull market that\u2019s lasted since the creation of bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>However, he says, the long-term \u2018killer app\u2019 of cryptocurrency may not be in investment or financial speculation at all. Instead, says Gordon, networks like bitcoin could serve as the foundation for a new global system of digital identity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6195\" src=\"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paul.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paul.png 633w, https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paul-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Paul Gordon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/newmoneyreview\/74295012\/a-decade-in-cryptocurrency\/\">Listen in to the podcast<\/a>, \u2018the future of money in thirty minutes\u2019, to hear a wide-ranging discussion between Paul Gordon and <em>New Money Review<\/em> editor Paul Amery about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The origins of London\u2019s crypto community<\/li>\n<li>From early radicalism to the financialisation of cryptocurrency<\/li>\n<li>London\u2019s and Coinscrum\u2019s links with the founding of ethereum<\/li>\n<li>The role of social media in digital money projects<\/li>\n<li>Tribalism in cryptocurrency<\/li>\n<li>Natural systems and network effects<\/li>\n<li>The governance of open-source projects<\/li>\n<li>Hype cycles and Elliott waves<\/li>\n<li>Preparing for the next bitcoin bear market<\/li>\n<li>Why digital ID may be the ultimate \u2018killer app\u2019 of cryptocurrency<\/li>\n<li>Geopolitics, digital currencies and the dollar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/du6eTr\">Sign up here<\/a> for the New Money Review newsletter<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/newmoneyreview\/\">Click here<\/a> for a full list of episodes of the New Money Review podcast: the future of money in 30 minutes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Related content from <em>New Money Review<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/07\/coronavirus-jumpstarts-race-for-digital-id\/\">Coronavirus jumpstarts race for digital ID<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/18\/facebook-scandal-accelerates-demands-for-decentralised-digital-identity\/\">From Facebook to decentralised ID<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/23\/flawed-id-systems-risk-perpetual-crisis\/\">Flawed identity systems risk perpetual crisis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest New Money Review podcast, Paul Gordon, the founder of Coinscrum, the UK\u2019s oldest and most popular cryptocurrency networking and events group, shares his thoughts on the past, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1013,1053,1026,1011],"tags":[1306,1966],"class_list":{"0":"post-6197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-account","8":"category-featured-1","9":"category-latest-slider","10":"category-value","11":"tag-coinscrum","12":"tag-paul-gordon"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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