This is the final installment in a series of articles concerning the intersection of blockchain and WordPress. (You can check out the first article here, the second article here and the third article here.) In Part I of Blockchain Tech Trends (available here), I looked at how two blockchain-specific trends—digital wallets and DeFi— will impact the WordPress community. Here, I’ll […]
Blockchain Tech Trends: NFTs and Web3
NFTs create digital scarcity—making unique digital assets provably singular. Web3 envisions replacing centralized platforms with decentralized alternatives where users control their data and identity. The WordPress community faces a choice: lead this disruption or be disrupted by it.
How digital wallets, cryptocurrency & DeFi will disrupt WordPress
This is the third in a series of articles about the intersection of blockchain and WordPress. (You can check out the first article here and the second article here.) In this article I’ll take a closer look at the impact of two blockchain-specific tech trends likely to impact the WordPress community. Read more here: https://velocitize.com/2021/09/08/how-digital-wallets-cryptocurrency-payments-defi-will-disrupt-wordpress/
WordPress + Blockchain = Disruption + Opportunity
I’ve worked with WordPress for 14 years (I’m now CMO at Angry Creative) at this point so I inevitably look at blockchain and blockchain-inspired projects from that perspective: that of the open web. In this 3-part series I’ll cover some of the broad trends in cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies while considering their potential impacts on WordPress—and […]
6 Blockchain-inspired projects that WordPressers should check out
This article is the second in a series on WordPress and blockchain. To get up to speed, you might want to read the first one, WordPress + Blockchain = Disruption and Opportunity. To start off, I wanted to look at a few projects that either use crypto/blockchain technology directly or demonstrate blockchain-inspired projects. With these big […]
WordPress, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
An introduction to a series exploring how cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies might impact WordPress and the broader open web. Beyond the headlines and price movements, there are fundamental questions about trust, transparency, and economic models that the WordPress community should engage with.