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We are currently on the cusp of a period of convergence in which technologies that were previously developed separately (for example biotechnology, genomics, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, computational logic, materials science and cognitive neuroscience) are being approached in an increasingly interdisciplinary fashion. Convergence has already revolutionised the way in which we engage with businesses and institutions. With the relatively recent emergence of the blockchain and specifically the philosophies <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a> encapsulates, further technological convergence has the potential to fill basic human needs and improve the human quality of life.