Alyssa Hertig

Blockchain-based voting machines could be more secure and transparent than current systems.

Time to get nerdy.

In 48 hours, developers coded replacements for Twitter, equity contracts, and studbooks using the Ethereum blockchain.

“Even the Economist got a bunch of things wrong. :(” developer Peter Todd said.

Future robots will nab your job, but cryptocurrency could save your income.

The idea is that in the information age citizens shouldn't have to drag over a Town Hall barn and listen to hours on the local water sprinkler schedule in order to participate in the community.

With its penchant for seesawing values and off-putting headlines, Bitcoin has drawn mixed reactions from local governments so far.

Forcing regulations on bitcoin could divide the digital currency into two camps: coins that are regulated and managed by a government or central agency, and coins that remain off the books in the crypto Wild West.

Silicon Valley hopes to succeed where Capitol Hill has failed.

Applying cryptocurrency's peer-to-peer system to legal contracts and dispute resolution could decentralize trust.

Chronic whistleblowing and reports of a clog in proper channels points to an institutional problem.

As long as it flows in both directions.