Thanks a lot Michael for bringing it up (I also thought it was a good film, but wanted them to also slow down) and Ruth for your reply. Finally I understand something of the importance of being involved in this technology. Yes. I wish I could come to Amsterdam (or London). Good luck with the good work!
Annie On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:03 PM, ruth catlow <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for taking the time to watch the film. Glad you enjoyed its look : ) > We wanted to capture the mixed urban flows of people going about their > daily lives in London as this new protocol is getting developed. > > Thanks also for bringing up the - *but what is the blockchain?* - > question. I'm sure that many others who've watched it will feel the same > way. > > You are exactly right that our intention is to start a debate - and a > debate across different disciplines and tribes > We do have plans in the pipeline for infographics - but there are some > examples of this out there already- see here > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSP-taqLWPQ>for instance > > One reason why its hard to grasp - and I only really understand this now > after gathering 5 hours of interviews on the topic - is that it is still in > its really early stages. > > Most people we interviewed for this film said that blockchain technologies > are at the same stage of development as the web in the late 1980s - pre ftp. > There is not yet the ecology of tools and interfaces to allow non-experts > to playtest it. Though these are being developed. > > I guess the easiest way to describe blockchains are as databases shared, > updated, verified and maintained across many computers in a way (mostly) > that cannot be jimmied. > > So while currently world banks maintain a ledger (or database) of all > transactions, and we rely on them to do this honestly - and it affords them > influence over states, companies and individuals - a blockchain allows > people (or at least those who know how, and who have the resources) to > collectively maintain such a ledger of transactions or exchanges. And they > are rewarded in digital currency to give over their computer processing > power to do this. > > This tech has come out of cryptographic anarchist traditions of the 70s - > and is driven by libertarian enthusiasm to do away with intermediaries. > This is a technology that comes from the desire to allow individuals to > control money and its circulation. However, now the major deployments of > blockchains are private blockchains by world banks. This has MASSIVE > political and social implications. The current developments are to deploy > smart contracts across this infrastructure - autonomous software programmes > to control devices (and their people no doubt). Rob Myers points at the > political tensions with his DAOWO white paper > <http://www.furtherfield.org/artdatamoney/includes/files/daowo.pdf> which > is an important touchstone for our thinking. > > At Furtherfield we are currently working with a few people (artists and > techies) to develop more activities, workshops, events and resources to > lure people beyond fintech to come and see what a blockchain might do (for > better or worse) for expression, human and interspecies relations and > governance etc > > Ben Vickers and I are going to be running a LARP (Live Action Role Play) > event for *Blockchain Budgetary Bliss *at the upcoming Moneylab > <http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/program-3/> in Amsterdam. > We will be building paper-based Dapps and DAOs (blockchain based apps and > organisations) for a fictional good cause and thinking about all the > asymmetries of power at play- should be fun. We'd love it if NBers wanted > to sign up and participate. > > Finally, I just want to be clear. We are NOT blockchain evangelists. I > personally have a bad feeling about this technology. But I also know that > it's here and that more diverse people need to get into the middle of its > development to feel its strangeness and scope. > > Cheers! > > Ruth > (not a blockchain evangelist) > > > On 27/10/16 10:57, Michael Szpakowski wrote: > > Hi Ruth I wanted to say what a nicely made piece of work this is. It's a > really compelling watch & I hope the launch goes well tonight. By the bye I > do love the kind of hyper territory it creates by seamlessly melding the > South Bank and an unfeasibly sunny Finsbury Park/Seven Sisters Road.My only > reservation is that in all honesty I'm not sure how much more clued about > the blockchain I am at the end of it. I'm guessing that it is a vehicle for > starting a debate. I wonder if there is a place for an idiot's guide to the > blockchain with nice graphics &c.... > Anyway hope it goes great tonight... > michael > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ruth catlow <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > *To:* NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, October 23, 2016 12:41 PM > *Subject:* [NetBehaviour] The Blockchain- Change Everything Forever - a > Furtherfield Film > > Hi All, > > We have made a short film called *The Blockchain- Change Everything > Forever *about the impact of blockchain technologies. You can read about > it and watch it online here. > <http://www.furtherfield.org/projects/blockchain> The London launch of > the film is this Thursday evening - see below for details and sign up if > you want to come along. We'd love to see you there. > > Ruth > [image: Furtherfield logo] > <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=882&qid=119703> > > > <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=883&qid=119703> > > Furtherfield would like to invite you to a Blockchain Meetup on 27 October > 6-8pm hosted by Digital Catapult > <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=884&qid=119703> > at the Digital Catapult Centre, 101 Euston Road London, NW1 2RA > Register here > <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=885&qid=119703> > The meetup will launch the ‘Blockchain: Change Everything Forever’ > <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=886&qid=119703> > film with drinks and networking for people interested in future > possibilities for blockchain technologies. > > During the meetup we’ll look to broaden and engage the discussion further > to understand: > What can a blockchain do? > Who builds this new reality? > How will we rule ourselves? > How will the future be different because of the blockchain? > > The Blockchain – Change everything forever > <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=883&qid=119703> > is part of Furtherfield's Art Data Money > <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=887&qid=119703> > programme which seeks to build a commons for the arts in the network age. > > > > Furtherfield is supported by Arts Council England through the National > Portfolio funding programme, Haringey Council and the generosity of > individual supporters. > > <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=882&qid=119703> > > > > -- > Co-founder Co-director > Furtherfield > > www.furtherfield.org > > +44 (0) 77370 02879 > > Bitcoin Address 197BBaXa6M9PtHhhNTQkuHh1pVJA8RrJ2i > > Furtherfield is the UK's leading organisation for art shows, labs, & > debates > around critical questions in art and technology, since 1997 > > Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company limited by Guarantee > registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. > Registered business address: Ballard Newman, Apex House, Grand Arcade, > Tally Ho Corner, London N12 0EH. > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing > [email protected]http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > -- > Co-founder Co-director > Furtherfield > > www.furtherfield.org > > +44 (0) 77370 02879 > > Bitcoin Address 197BBaXa6M9PtHhhNTQkuHh1pVJA8RrJ2i > > Furtherfield is the UK's leading organisation for art shows, labs, & > debates > around critical questions in art and technology, since 1997 > > Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company limited by Guarantee > registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. > Registered business address: Ballard Newman, Apex House, Grand Arcade, > Tally Ho Corner, London N12 0EH. > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- * *Ecrire avec ...* <https://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/ecrire-avec-workshop/> 2/11 Masterclass Journée d'études sur la *poésie numérique*. 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