08 Jan 2021
By Charles Stack
Lightning Strikes Bitcoin

Lightning Strikes Bitcoin

Lightning Network, News
Bitcoin is about to change the world again. Over the past decade, Bitcoin has slowly been accepted as a new asset class and a valuable store of value. Bitcoin just recently passed $1 Trillion Dollars in value. Bitcoin has often been correctly criticized for having no functional utility. That just changed on January 6, 2021. Bitcoin is now poised to become the world’s global currency using the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Jack Mallers, CEO of Zap, just released the Strike Global App on iOS and Android phones. This is the first of what will certainly be multiple and interoperable Lightning-based payment…
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22 Jan 2020
By Charles Stack

Congress considers Bill enabling tax-free Lightning Network Bitcoin transactions

News,
The Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act of 2020 is a bipartisan (3 page!) bill that will create a de minimus exemption for crypt currency capital gains below $200. If this bi-partisan bill is passed it will be an enormous boost for the Lightning Network and indirectly for the value of bitcoin as the underlying currency. Please tell your congressperson to vote yes and you will contribute some satoshis to their next campaign.
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21 Jan 2020
By Charles Stack

5 Knives to Cut Through the 5G Hype

Case Studies, News
Emerging technologies always get over-hyped. But, no one, NO one does it quite like the phone companies. Here are 5 knives to allow you to cut through the heaps of hype being served by AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint. Knife 1 FakeTech. AT&T 5G E is NOT 5G. Boardroom and marketing team conversation overheard: "Maybe if we just change the icon on people's phones everyone will think they are getting 5G." What could be more appropriate in an era of FakeNews than FakeTech? T-Mobile 5G deployment so far is only 20% faster. False advertising abounds. Will the real 5G please…
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06 Jan 2020
By Charles Stack
Cincy Innovation Hub To Expand to 400,000 square feet

Cincy Innovation Hub To Expand to 400,000 square feet

News
The Cincinnati innovation hub 1819 plans to expand to 400,000 square feet with a new $250 million expansion. It already is supported by the major players in the Cincy region: University of Cincinnati, Proctor & Gamble, Kroger, Fifth Third, CincyTech, VentureLab, Worldplay, Cincinnati Bell, Kingsgate Logistics and Cincinnati Insurance companies. Meanwhile back in Cleveland. We have an empty Medical Innovation Center and several groups working at cross purposes to build more siloed innovation centers. Can't we please get it together?!
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16 Dec 2019
By Charles Stack
A New Software Triumvirate

A New Software Triumvirate

News, Tips, , ,
Your CIO should take a look at a new software triumvirate: Dart, Flutter, and Fuchsia. Dart is a programming language, Flutter is a development framework, and Fuchsia is an operating system. Why should you care? Developed by GoogleMulti-platform Android/Ios/WebDart has microscopic adoption (0.2%) but it is growing rapidlyEncouraging developers to learn new tools is the best retention tool
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16 Dec 2019
By Charles Stack
What are your machines learning?

What are your machines learning?

News, Tools,
Machine learning (ML) is already a $2B USD market growing at 40+% a year. Unlike blockchain, ML can be applied to nearly every aspect of your business: accounting fraud detection, supply channel optimization, consumer marketing, employee hiring, intelligent products, process automation, and many others. The only thing you need to apply ML to a problem is some data and all organizations are awash with data. Basic ML algorithms are available in ready-to-use form on all the large cloud platforms. It's time to draft your ML strategy and plan some pilots.
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12 Dec 2019
By Charles Stack

Twitter moving to Blockchain

News
Mark December 11, 2019, as the day that blockchain entered the mainstream. Twitter announced that they were forming a team to build an opensource blockchain platform for Twitter. What's your strategy?
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