by Michael Sporer | Aug 2, 2021
The excessive energy usage of bitcoin has been one of the major topics and drivers of volatility in the blockchain space over the last couple of months. Traditional media has been reporting about bitcoin and comparing the energy usage to whole countries, for example...
by Michael Sporer | Jul 16, 2021
When it comes to money, more and more people in modern societies are talking about diverse areas. Some debate about the craziness of how most humans define value nowadays. The colour, size and imprint on a piece of paper decide whether it will buy me a jetski or a...
by Michael Sporer | Jul 5, 2021
Digital transformation is now impacting almost all areas of life, including payments. Following the launch of the Sand Dollar pilot program in December 2019, the Bahamas became the first in the world to introduce a nationwide CBDC (Central Bank Digital...
by Michael Sporer | Jun 29, 2021
AI will have an increasing impact on humanity and on the business side. For humanity, this technology is a life changer. Life expectancy will expand, and all standard illnesses will be diagnosed with a much higher probability of correctness. Regarding the business...
by Michael Sporer | Jun 18, 2021
In 2015, World leaders met at the UN and signed in for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Nowadays, there is the technical know-how to achieve them, the political consensus to do so and scientific evidence on how to do it. In our live show, Prof. Dr Dr Stefan...
by Michael Sporer | May 19, 2021
It is known, that bitcoin has very high energy consumption. Nevertheless, bitcoin is less a threat to the environment than to other old systems, which harm our environment as well. Moreover, blockchain even fosters ESG when it comes to investment decisions and can...
