Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

This article begins with a clever metaphor linking the blockchain with the heavy chains worn by the ghosts that haunt Ebenezer Scrooge. "And that raises questions. Among them: Are crypto-entrepreneurs imagining better systems for education—or just systems that pay off better financially for themselves?" And in the true entrepreneurial spirit, Rebecca Koenig asks, "Could both answers be true?" And, well, they could. "Folks in the crypto space are questioning whether industries can be reimagined to operate in ways that are less extractive, and more community-owned," says Jon Allen, managing partner at investment fund Mirana Ventures. But I can sense a lot of scepticism in the air.

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