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Prestidigitation! President Biden’s Energy Boom, the Sop to Cerberus, and Stein's Law

প্রেস্টিডিটেশন ! প্রেসিডেন্ট বিডেনের এনার্জি বুম, দ্য সোপ টু সার্বেরাস এবং স্টেইনের আইন

Taschenspielereien! Präsident Bidens Energieboom, die Beschwichtigung von Cerberus und Steins Gesetz

¡Prestidigitación! El auge energético del presidente Biden, la concesión a Cerberus y la ley de Stein

Prestidigitation! Le boom énergétique du président Biden, la solution à Cerberus et la loi de Stein

प्रेस्टीजिटेशन! राष्ट्रपति बिडेन की ऊर्जा उछाल, सेर्बेरस को रियायत, और स्टीन का नियम

手品！バイデン大統領のエネルギーブーム、ケルベロスへのご褒美、そしてスタインの法則

요술! 바이든 대통령의 에너지 붐, 케르베로스의 Sop, 그리고 스타인의 법칙

Prestidigitação! O boom energético do presidente Biden, o golpe para Cerberus e a lei de Stein

Престидигитация! Энергетический бум президента Байдена, подачка Церберу и закон Штейна

Prestijitasyon! Başkan Biden'ın Enerji Patlaması, Cerberus'a Sop ve Stein Yasası

Uy tín kỹ thuật số! Sự bùng nổ năng lượng của Tổng thống Biden, Sop to Cerberus và Định luật Stein

魔术！拜登总统的能源繁荣、塞伯鲁斯的贿赂和斯坦因定律

by Jeff Garzik and Ralph Benko We agree with the recently published Techno-Optimist Manifesto We agree with the recently published , hailing, among other things, the importance to civilization of energy and, thus, of good, practical energy policy. Abundant, reliable, readily affordable power is what unlocks a nation's dynamism, builds factories, creates jobs, enhances national security, and reduces poverty and famine. Techno-Optimist Manifesto A specter is now haunting those of us (including us) who believe that equitable prosperity is a great thing for people and the planet both. This specter is the shade of those who are anti-technology and anti-prosperity. Pro-prosperity goes under the rubric of e/acc, shorthand for “ .” As an aside, that might be a coinage derived from “ .” The latter had its day, although now is tarnished by the spectacular fall of its most enthusiastic and flamboyant promoter, . effective accelerationism effective altruism Sam Bankman-Fried The opponents of tech, and of its attendant general prosperity, have been dubbed the “decels.” Possibly a sly allusion to “incels.” e/acc also goes by the term “techno-optimism.” Many prominent center-leftists are at least as enthusiastic about the promise of technology to improve the lives of people and the planet as are the card-carrying members of the vast right-wing conspiracy. Techno-optimists tend to lean libertarian, whether left or right. Prominent among the leading proponents are masters of the universe , , , (with stated reservations about AI), and . Also notable are economist, blogger, and journalist ( ), public intellectual Peter Zeihan, who refers to the process of deindustrialization now underway as “decivilization,” and , who presents at a16z with exceptional clarity on matters such as . Marc Andreessen Ben Horowitz Bill Gates Vitalik Buterin Peter Thiel Noah Smith an incisive self-professed political southpaw Ryan McEntush how to scale nuclear power The villains in this drama are those who committed to “degrowth,” or shrinking the economy, perhaps by the “spectre of degrowth communism” of “Kohei Saito, the rising star of contemporary Marxist thought….” best exemplified Marxists Never Cease To Delight in Spectral Haunting Marxists just never cease to delight in spectral haunting. Some people just have to learn the hard way. We’ve written about the tussle between us techno-optimists and the luddites at ; ; at ; and at . Let’s up the ante. Toward a Pragmatic American Energy Policy To Build or Not to Build Washington? Just Face Facts Yankee Ingenuity The sweet spot of Washington Power and Light, our policy institute, is good energy policy, the foundation of equitable prosperity. In that, we are not alone. Marc Andreessen recently, in his . wrote: The Techno-Optimist Manifesto “Energy is life. We take it for granted, but without it, we have darkness, starvation, and pain. With it, we have light, safety, and warmth. We believe energy in an upward spiral. Energy is the foundational engine of our civilization. … We believe we should place intelligence and energy in a positive feedback loop, and drive them both to infinity. We believe we should use the feedback loop of intelligence and energy to make everything we want and need abundant.” should be And as Noah Smith observes in : Don’t be a Decel “Energy technology is arguably the most important kind of technology that humans create, since everything else we do is downstream of our ability to harness energy.” It isn’t very romantic of us, but … our mission is to encourage policy based on real-world data to produce great results, rather than relying on faith-based dreams we call “hopium.” We consider ourselves proud pragmatists. Pretty much everyone, including the innumerate, has heard of Einstein’s E = mc2, energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. the world’s most famous equation. PBS calls it While it is profound to prove that energy and matter are interchangeable, in day-to-day terms it’s not the most important equation around. We nominate, instead, e2/acc: effective energy accelerationism. Capitalism’s monster Those advocating economic “shrinkage” (to steal ) are an odd lot. Consider the frailty of the romantics, like Saito. He was critiqued by Thomas Fazi at , as “capitalism’s monster.” a phrase from Seinfeld Unherd To wit: “It is no coincidence that Saito comes from Japan, which enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world. But for most people on the planet, especially those living in poorer countries, climate change among the lowest policy priorities — well below more pressing material concerns such as hunger and poverty, access to water and sanitation, and education. systematically ranks “To the billions of people who still live in extreme poverty, and the millions who don’t even have access to electricity, Saito’s vision of degrowth communism, and his plea to scale back production and consumption, is unlikely to be very appealing. In fact, Saito’s insistence that countries in the Global South should refrain from pursuing growth — even ‘green growth’ — might very well be seen as a form of Western eco-imperialism. … “In this sense, degrowth communism suffers from the same drawback of old-school communism: it’s an intrinsically universalist worldview, one that purports to offer a one-size-fits-all solution for all human societies, regardless of local cultural and civilisational specificities. This globalist outlook is typical of post-Nineties leftism, which Saito harks back to in several respects. This is also evident in his rejection of the nation-state, viewed as a reactionary, quasi-fascist construct, rather than the framework through which virtually all the major social, economic and political advancements of the past centuries were achieved. “It’s a view that is completely at odds with global realities. Capitalism’s monster? At odds with reality? Yeah, that’s our poster child villain, all right! Curtis Yarvin: the greatest living Hobbesian philosopher, formidable poet, and classic antihero, declares Trotsky at Burning Man Among others in the techno-pessimistic camp is the always interesting contrarian Curtis Yarvin – the greatest living Hobbesian philosopher and poet, a classic antihero rather than villain, and possibly simply being arch – recently published “ .” Therein, he wrote: a techno-pessimist manifesto “Where did this ideology come from? While the connection is obviously a coincidence, techno-optimism is a curious historical match for another deeply American ideology from the 20th century: Trotskyism. “In (1924), Trotsky wrote: Literature and Revolution “Through the machine, man in Socialist society will command nature in its entirety, with its grouse and its sturgeons. He will change the course of the rivers, and he will lay down rules for the oceans. This does not mean that the entire globe will be marked off into boxes, that the forests will be turned into parks and gardens. Thickets and forests and grouse and tigers will remain, but only where man commands them to remain. And man will do it so well that the tiger won’t even notice the machine, or feel the change, but will live as he lived in primeval times. The machine is not in opposition to the earth. The machine is the instrument of modern man in every field of life… “Man, who will learn how to move rivers and mountains, how to build people’s palaces on the peaks of the Mont Blanc and at the bottom of the Atlantic, will not only be able to add to his own life richness, brilliancy and intensity, but also a dynamic quality of the highest degree. The shell of life will hardly have time to form before it will burst open again under the pressure of new technical and cultural inventions and achievements. Life in the future will not be monotonous! “Narrator: nor was it. “More than that. Man at last will begin to harmonize himself in earnest. He will make it his business to achieve beauty by giving the movement of his own limbs the utmost precision, purposefulness and economy in his work, his walk and his play. He will try to master first the semiconscious and then the subconscious processes in his own organism, such as breathing, the circulation of the blood, digestion, reproduction, and, within necessary limits, he will try to subordinate them to the control of reason and will. Even purely physiologic life will become subject to collective experiments. The human species, the coagulated Homo sapiens, will once more enter into a state of radical transformation, and, in his own hands, will become an object of the most complicated methods of artificial selection and psycho-physical training. “One can easily see Trotsky at Burning Man…. “Here again the ‘scientists, technologists, artists, and visionaries beyond our wildest dreams.’ Was Trotsky the first ‘effective accelerationist?’ Life takes you funny places.” “Life takes you funny places.” True! Washington Power and Light Last year, we constituted a new, tech-savvy think tank in Metro DC, Washington Power and Light, to advocate for, to quote Bastiat (see below), a “real, serious and pragmatic” energy policy, a policy rooted in technological reality rather than “pretty to think so” romantic dreams. Thus, we heartily welcome a recent big reveal at Ben Horowitz’s blog, “ ,” that a16z has desired to engage politically, seriously, to conduct a savvy “revenge of the nerds” political crusade to make the pro-techno worldview stick: Politics and the Future “We believe that advancing technology is critical for humanity’s future, so we will, for the first time, get involved with politics by supporting candidates who align with our vision and values specifically for technology. “While “Big Tech” is well represented in Washington D.C., their interests are often at odds with a positive technological future as they are more interested in regulatory capture and preserving their monopolies. As a result, technology startups need a voice. “We are non-partisan, one issue voters: If a candidate supports an optimistic technology-enabled future, we are for them. If they want to choke off important technologies, we are against them.” Badly needed! Politicians have mostly taken their eye off the ball and turned Congress mostly into a slapstick pie-fight over mostly trivial matters. Consider the daily political news. Much of it covers the struggle between the Democrats (the Donks) and the GOP (Pachyderms, thank you, Thomas Nast!). And, implicit therein, the forever war between the left and right. And much of the news now is devoted to the internecine intraparty struggles, such as within the administration, between the privileged progressives and the rank-and-file workers of the labor-and-ethnic left. And the marquee battles between the MAGAs (“the Chaos Caucus”) and the Regular Republicans in the House. “A full phase-out of fossil fuels would take the world back into caves.” Meanwhile, note the recently convened and concluded CAP28, whose presiding officer rocked the world by observing candidly, as reported by : Reason “ Al Jaber also that a full phase-out of fossil fuels would ‘take the world back into caves.’ Into the caves we go: said Some scientists and activists have not welcomed Al Jaber's blunt realism, but have said his are ‘verging on climate denial.’ comments “To be sure, Al Jaber has been properly criticized for a possible conflict of interest, as he is also the CEO of the Emirati state-owned oil and gas company, ADNOC. But he's correct to weigh tradeoffs and to point to the fact that world leaders need a more concrete plan, since toothless U.N. agreements don't really cut it.” “What Is Seen and What is Not Seen” We confidently submit that, in the spirit of Bastiat’s final work, – “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen” – that which is invisible is often more consequential than what is visible. CE QUON VOIT ET CE QUON NE VOIT PAS And the previously almost invisible war between the techno-optimists (“the squares”) and the techno-pessimists (“the hippies”) is, we believe, the truly important political, social, and cultural battle now going on. As the fox confided to the , “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Thus, let us look with our hearts. Little Prince Why is the war between the techno-optimists and the techno-pessimists of existential importance? Bastiat, courtesy of : Mises.org In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its cause — . The others unfold in succession — : it is well for us if they are . Between a good and a bad economist this constitutes the whole difference — the one takes account of the effect; the other takes account both of the effects which are and also of those which it is necessary to . Now this difference is enormous, for it almost always happens that when the immediate consequence is favorable, the ultimate consequences are fatal, . Hence it follows that the bad economist pursues a small present good, which will be followed by a great evil to come, while the true economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil. it is seen they are not seen foreseen visible seen foresee and the converse “In fact, it is the same in the science of health, arts, and in that of morals. If often happens, that the sweeter the first fruit of a habit is, the more bitter are the consequences. Take, for example, debauchery, idleness, prodigality. When, therefore, a man, absorbed in the effect which , has not yet learned to discern those which are not seen, he gives way to fatal habits, not only by inclination, but by calculation. is seen “This explains the fatally grievous condition of mankind. Ignorance surrounds its cradle: then its actions are determined by their first consequences, the only ones which, in its first stage, it can see. It is only in the long run that it learns to take account of the others. It has to learn this lesson from two very different masters — experience and foresight. Experience teaches effectually, but brutally. It makes us acquainted with all the effects of an action, by causing us to feel them; and we cannot fail to finish by knowing that fire burns, if we have burned ourselves. For this rough teacher, I should like, if possible, to substitute a more gentle one. I mean Foresight. For this purpose I shall examine the consequences of certain economical phenomena, by placing in opposition to each other those , and those .” which are seen which are not seen The struggle over tech is crucial because it is, at base, a struggle between prosperity and austerity. Prosperity affords us agency. Poverty is a vice, not a virtue. The Soviet bloc, exponentially poorer than the capitalist running dogs of the West, experienced far worse environmental degradation than did the capitalist world. It is better that we fight over what to do with our discretionary income than scrap for subsistence. Shall we use our surplus wealth to clean up our rivers and air? Plant forests? Invent new tech? Buy more aircraft carriers? Pay down the national debt? These are much worthier fights to have than those available while struggling for survival in a condition of great scarcity. Sorry, Luddites. Few indeed wish to return to the caves. Bad policy.  Bad politics. As Churchill, on the floor of the House of Commons, , ‘The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.’ observed Misery loves company. That said, misery makes for bad policy. So, let’s accelerate our technology and, with it, our prosperity. Then… watch the Congress. Those fights will be merry indeed but much more productive than what we are now witnessing. Bravo to the : “We believe we should place intelligence and energy in a positive feedback loop and drive them both to infinity. We believe we should use the feedback loop of intelligence and energy to make everything we want and need abundant.” Techno-Optimist Manifesto To remain great or regain greatness, America can and must have abundant, reliable, readily affordable energy from practical, reality-driven sources. Abundant, reliable, affordable power unlocks a nation's dynamism, builds factories, creates jobs, enhances national security, and reduces poverty and famine. Accept no substitutes. Jeff Garzik serves as the founder and chairman of the policy institute Washington Power and Light.  Before co-founding Bloq, he spent five years as a Bitcoin core developer and ten years at Red Hat. His work with the Linux kernel is now found in every Android phone and data center running Linux today. Ralph Benko serves as co-founder and general counsel to Washington Power and Light. He is also the co-founder and general counsel for F1R3FLY.io and has worked in or with 3 White Houses, two executive branch agencies, and the Congress, as well as many political and policy institutes. He is an award-winning columnist.

“What is Essential is Invisible;” Enter Energy/Acceleration

To Build, or Not to Build, That is the Question: Techno-Optimism vs. Decelerationism

নির্মাণ করা, না নির্মাণ করা, এটাই প্রশ্ন: টেকনো-অপটিমিজম বনাম মন্থরতাবাদ

Bauen oder nicht bauen, das ist die Frage: Technooptimismus vs. Entschleunigungismus

Construir o no construir, esa es la cuestión: tecnooptimismo versus desaceleracionismo

Construire ou ne pas construire, telle est la question : techno-optimisme contre décélérationnisme

निर्माण करें, या न करें, यही प्रश्न है: तकनीकी-आशावाद बनाम मंदीवाद

構築すべきか、構築すべきでないか、それが問題です: テクノオプティミズム vs. 減速主義

건설하느냐, 건설하지 않느냐, 그것이 문제이다: 기술 낙관주의 vs. 감속주의

Construir ou não construir, eis a questão: Tecno-otimismo vs.

Строить или не строить, вот в чем вопрос: технооптимизм против деселерационизма

İnşa Etmek ya da İnşa Etmemek Sorun Bu: Tekno-İyimserlik ve Yavaşlamacılık

Xây dựng hay không xây dựng, đó là câu hỏi: Lạc quan về công nghệ và chủ nghĩa giảm tốc

建设还是不建设，这就是问题：技术乐观主义与减速主义

by Jeff Garzik and Ralph Benko Humorist Robert Benchley (in his , a little over a century ago, panning the New York City telephone directory (those young readers who don't know what a telephone directory was hereby are ) once wrote: Vanity Fair book review directed here "There may be said to be two classes of people in the world; those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not." Irony aside, Benchley was on to something. That said, our railroad gauge is (and, hence, the dimensions of the Space Shuttle was) determined by the wheel ruts carved into the mud roads of Roman empire war chariots in Britain. Similarly, our minds often are stuck in archaic patterns. Curable! The "two classes" that dominate our modern mindset, the rivalry between conservatives and progressives, is growing obsolete. Once upon a time, way back in the Cold War, when good old American "liberty and justice for all" was confronting the monstrosity of world communism… left vs right was a useful and maybe compelling way to sort the world. That was then. This is now. Now, there are new rules of political warfare that define the presenting challenges. We propose that the most consequential divide is between technophiles, lovers of technology, and technophobes, those fearful of technology. Technophilia isn't about gizmos. It's about human and planetary welfare. That said, there's some confusion. Fortunately, here we are to dispel confusion with facts. There is a prevalent myth in the culture. It holds that the tech-skeptical Hippies are pro-nature, pro-ecology and more environmentally nobler. This fairy tale's apotheosis is probably Thoreau's . Walden That prevailing myth also holds that those of us who embrace technology trend negligent toward the environment. Pastoral romanticism has a deep pedigree, about which the , "Many of the idylls written in its name are far remote from the realities of any life, rustic or urban." Washington Power & Light believes the evidence is irrefutable that more and better tech leads, reliably, to a cleaner, more pristine, environment. As noted at , Britannica observes dryly HumanProgress.org "The (EPI) is a joint project of the Yale Center for Environmental Policy and Law and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. The index has been a leading resource on accessing environmental protection in individual countries for over 20 years. Environmental Performance Index "The latest 2020 edition ranks 180 countries based on metrics, such as air quality, ecosystem vitality, environmental health, drinking water, CO2 emissions, etc. However, what stands out about the 2020 edition is its conclusion: "Good policy results are associated with wealth (GDP per capita), meaning that economic prosperity makes it possible for nations to invest in policies and programs that lead to desirable outcomes. This trend is especially true for issue categories under the umbrella of environmental health, as building the necessary infrastructure to provide clean drinking water and sanitation, reduce ambient air pollution, control hazardous waste, and respond to public health crises yields large returns for human well-being." So… the true argument isn't one between the noble, ecologically conscious, Hippies and the vile, polluting, scientists and engineers. We both, in fact, tend to hold the environment with great respect. The real argument is over the best means to achieve both the humanitarian and environmental goods to which both Hippies and Squares aspire. Furthermore, this is no longer (if ever it was) a struggle between the left and the right. The left offers at least as much thought leadership on using technology to better both the human condition and planetary environment as does the right. As Eric Levitz wrote for New York Magazine's : Intelligencer "Ezra Klein, Matthew Yglesias, and other commentators have called for liberalism [meaning leftism] to reorient its priorities in light of its present challenges. They argue that we need a new "supply-side liberalism" or a "liberalism that builds," which would prioritize rapid decarbonization and housing abundance over other goals. In practice, this means scaling back regulatory obstacles to energy development that some environmental groups value and restricting the capacity of localities or self-appointed community representatives to override the will of democratically accountable officials." The litany of public intellectuals who are techno-optimists is long and eclectic, culminating recently in a compelling presentation of the case for tech in the center-left New York Times. There, per a recent notice by Peter Coy (agreeing, in part, disagreeing in part) of the recent book Superabundance, " ": An Economic Case Against Environmental Doomsayers "As long as there have been doomsayers, there have been their opposites, who are sometimes called cornucopians. Among other predecessors, the authors cited (I'm alphabetizing) Angus Deaton, Peter Diamandis, Gregg Easterbrook, Andrew McAfee, Deirdre McCloskey, Johan Norberg, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Paul Romer, Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund and Michael Shellenberger. "What makes "Superabundance" more than a reiteration of cornucopian optimism is the tables and charts the authors have put together showing exactly how much better life has gotten because of technological progress and trade." So, we submit that the authentic argument is one between those who believe that the environment, as well as human welfare, can best (and not so incidentally, in a politically sustainable fashion) be served by technological innovation. Not by making the economic pie of affordable goods and services smaller. Tech is just a fancy word for tools. Better tools provide, among other things, less pollution. As well documented, among other places, in and its associated site , we now use far less in the way of natural resources to get our goods, thereby producing far less waste. Thus, more people can afford, and have, devices that provide the necessities, amenities, and even luxuries of modern life. Superabundance HumanProgress.org These provide the middle class of America with a far better standard of living than even royalty enjoyed throughout most of history. And there is no evidence that most people, here and abroad, are willing to surrender these for the privilege of going back to the stone age. Tech also leads both toward more equitable prosperity -  providing us the means to climb , rising from the bare necessities for survival, to security, up to sociability, dignity and respect, to self-actualization, higher categories embracing the demand for a cleaner and cleaner environment. Maslow's hierarchy of needs Doubt it? , aggregate pollution emissions of six common pollutants have dropped, in the US, by 71% since 1980 while our GDP grew 182%, the population has grown by 44% and energy consumption has increased by 28%. Per the EPA Politics is a competitive sport. As such it intrinsically requires an "us" vs. "them." At its hard core, the fight now is between the technophiles ("us") and decels ("them"). In watching, or making, the political and policy news let's have a clear idea of what the fight is really about so we don't fall into as "Das is nicht einmal falsch" "not even wrong," meaning so far afield as to be irrelevant. So, what's it all about? Wolfgang Pauli's indictment of a young physicist's paper The 200 proof version is now being fought out in obscure corners of the Internet under the exotic names of " " vs. the " Effective Acclerationism  -  in jargon “e/acc” -  is defined at : effective accelerationism "decels," or decelerationists. Substack "This isn't faith or simplistic optimism. At the core of e/acc is a set of conclusions about the world drawn from the physics behind life itself, and the path forward it lays out is as clear as it is compelling. All there is left to do is pitch in and help. All there is left to do is build. "In more practical terms, e/acc is about how and why we will all flourish in the world we are building right now. In a world of where we are fed a constant stream of reasons to be hopeless, e/acc is a reason to be hopeful in this very moment. That, more than anything else, is why e/acc is the nexus of so much energy, and why I hope you will be excited about it, too." And for a sharp word for the decels, consider columnist and blogger Noah Smith's admonition, " " Don't be a decel. "Decel" is a derogatory slang word used by the . It's short for "decelerationist", meaning someone who wants to slow down technological progress. Most decels probably wouldn't explicitly think of themselves this way, but their attitudes and beliefs end up working in that direction. e/acc community … "Hopefully the decel trend will wane if and when it becomes apparent that unrest in America has . But in the early 2020s, it's still going strong, and it's something we need to remember to push against. Eras of division and unrest are the exact time when it's most important to remind ourselves that over the broad sweep of history, technology is what allows us to live in material comfort, free of disease and other natural threats. It is a force to be harnessed, not fought. And yet progress is never inevitable or automatic; it depends on a favorable institutional context. It depends on government science funding, on private capital, on big business and small business, and very often on public-private partnerships. passed its peak "And most of all, it depends on a populace that believes that increasing humanity's power over our world will make tomorrow better than today. The more that hope in our technological future is able to transcend partisan cleavages, online subcultures, and mass ennui, the faster we will move on to the next, better chapter in our history. "Accelerate." Washington Power and Light, at base, is here to repudiate dogma. As that notorious precursor to the Tea Party, provocateur Saul Alinsky, wrote in , Rules for Radicals "I detest and fear dogma. I know that all revolutions must have ideologies to spur them on. That in the heat of conflict these ideologies tend to be smelted into rigid dogmas claiming exclusive possession of the truth, and the keys to paradise, is tragic. "Dogma is the enemy of human freedom. Dogma must be watched for and apprehended at every turn and twist of the revolutionary movement." We demand that our policy makers and thought leaders supplant dogma with facts. Instead of dogmatism, we preach empiricism. Not so long ago it used to be aptly called " " It's the exaltation of reason. And it works imperfectly but very effectively. the Enlightenment. The evidence is overwhelming that to improve the standard of living of people while improving the quality of the environment we must abjure "hopium" -  sentimentality, fantasy and virtue signaling  -  and build policy from those stubborn things called facts. Facts are the only consistently reliable guide to adopting policies that are proven, in the laboratory of history, to actually work to improve our lot. Science and engineering, not politics, are the proven source, for instance, of reliable, abundant, and environmentally friendly energy with which to uplift both humanity and the world's ecological goodness. So, we are doing our level best to help the capital lift its mind out of dogma, the metaphysical equivalent of the wheel ruts carved into the mud roads of Roman empire war chariots in Britain. Washington? Just face facts! In the wise words of Noah Smith: "over the broad sweep of history, technology is what allows us to live in material comfort, free of disease and other natural threats. It is a force to be harnessed, not fought." Accelerate! About the authors Jeff Garzik serves as the founder and chairman of the policy institute Washington Power and Light. Before co-founding Bloq, he spent five years as a Bitcoin core developer and ten years at Red Hat. His work with the Linux kernel is now found in every Android phone and data center running Linux today. Ralph Benko serves as co-founder and general counsel to Washington Power and Light. He is the co-founder and general counsel for and has worked in or with 3 White Houses, two executive branch agencies, and the Congress as well as many political and policy institutes. He is a multi-award-winning writer. F1R3FLY.io

Washington? Just Face Facts!

ওয়াশিংটন? জাস্ট ফেস ফ্যাক্টস!

Washington? Seien Sie einfach den Tatsachen ins Auge!

¿Washington? ¡Solo enfrenta los hechos!

Washington? Faites simplement face aux faits !

वाशिंगटन? बस तथ्यों का सामना करें!

ワシントン？事実だけを直視しましょう！

워싱턴? 그냥 사실을 직면!

Washington? Apenas encare os fatos!

Вашингтон? Просто признайте факты!

Washington mı? Sadece Gerçeklerle Yüzleşin!

Washington? Chỉ cần đối mặt với sự thật!

华盛顿？只是面对事实！

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The healthcare sector faces numerous issues when it comes to data storage, sharing, and verification. Patient data exists in isolated silos and doctors cannot access it when needed, while hackers seem to be able to take advantage with relative ease. Patients don’t feel like they own their health information. Counterfeit drugs are flooding the market as no one can verify their origins. Are traditional data management practices becoming obsolete? Even though blockchain technology has emerged in the financial sector, blockchain use cases in healthcare are gaining traction, too. The global medical blockchain market is , rising at a CAGR of 35% from 2021. Hospitals and other medical facilities are tapping into to enhance their data-related practices. expected to reach $55.83 billion by 2026 blockchain development services So, how blockchain works in healthcare? And which challenges could you expect while implementing the technology in the medical sector? What is Blockchain, and How Does it Benefit Healthcare? Blockchain is a decentralized distributed system that generates and stores data. When one device on a blockchain performs a transaction, all other devices generate identical blocks reflecting this action. Similarly, when blockchain data is manipulated in any way, a block is created to record this information so that any change can be easily verified and tracked back to its source. You can learn more about on our blog. blockchain and its applications in a dedicated article How can blockchain be used in healthcare? This technology incorporates advanced cryptography mechanisms to enhance data security. With blockchain’s permission system, it gives data ownership back to the individuals, and with its transparency, it facilitates clinical trials by documenting and time stamping all the details. Furthermore, it offers unique contract management and payment capabilities. Advantages of Blockchain in Healthcare Here are the main benefits blockchain technology brings to different healthcare actors: Blockchain for healthcare organizations: Improves decision-making as blockchain allows several doctors from different locations to view the same data in real-time. Transforms patient medical records to a decentralized system that can’t be tampered with Speeds up medical credentialing Blockchain for Patients: Empowers patients to assume ownership of their medical data Supports consent mechanisms prohibiting healthcare providers from accessing information without patient permission Enables patients to participate in research and otherwise monetize their data without intermediaries Collects and stores data from wearable devices in a secure manner Blockchain for Pharmaceutics: Helps to recruit participants for clinical trials Supports reliable and auditable documentation of clinical trials with its immutable records Allows spotting counterfeit drugs Blockchain for Insurance: Speeds up confirmation obtaining process Unlocks the opportunity for insurers to draft and manage agreements using smart contracts Cuts down costs by eliminating intermediaries Disadvantages of Blockchain in Healthcare: There are several disadvantages to adopting blockchain in healthcare stemming from the nature of this technology: As the number of blocks grows, the transaction time increases, causing delays. Inability to permanently delete records. The network simply creates more blocks that reflect the invalidation of existing records. For this technology to function, every involved organization needs to be on board with it. Potential problems with large patient files, such as MRI scans. High planning, developing, and maintenance costs Blockchain in Healthcare: Use Cases Here are seven of the most prominent blockchain technology applications in healthcare: Transparent supply chain Faster medical credentialing Patient-centered EHRs Manageable medical trials Enhanced security Commitments enforced via smart contracts Genomic research Blockchain Increases Healthcare Supply Chain Transparency Counterfeit drugs are a persistent problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in developed countries are not legitimate. This number increases in the developing countries to reach almost 10%. Proving this point, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) . The agency reports this number is higher than it was in two previous years combined. up to 1% of all medications available for purchase captured over 9.5 million fake medications in the US in 2021 One of blockchain’s use cases in healthcare is that it allows customers to track the products at every stage, including manufacturing, wholesale, and shipping to make sure the items are legitimate. This is crucial for both drugs and medical devices. Once a ledger is created for a drug, it records the point of origin, a laboratory for example. Since then, every manipulation on this drug is documented. Blockchain can incorporate rather extensive information, such as labor costs and how much waste was emitted during manufacturing and transportation. is an example of a blockchain protocol that healthcare organizations can use to verify information on prescription drugs’ supply chain. This includes expiration dates, manufacturers, etc. MediLedger also allows different parties to exchange secure peer-to-peer messages. Many prominent healthcare providers, such as Bayer, Pfizer, and Cardinal Health use this network. MediLedger In another example, Paris-based Blockpharma built a solution that scans medications’ supply chain and verifies it across all points of shipment. The company’s app allows patients to verify the legitimacy of their purchase. Blockpharma worldwide. is believed to intercept 15% of counterfeit drugs Blockchain Speeds up Medical Credentialing Verifying credentials – training, skills, medical licenses, and education – is a tedious process that is typically performed via phone and email and can take up to four and even six months to complete. The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare reports that payers to maintain a comprehensive healthcare provider database. Blockchain technology can offer a faster and more reliable substitute that doesn’t rely on direct human references. spend almost $2 billion per year Blockchain allows healthcare organizations to log and monitor the credentials of their staff. This arrangement streamlines the hiring process and improves transparency and trust between subcontractors, hospitals, and patients. Additionally, blockchain records allow incremental updates when professionals need to add qualifications. is a healthcare credentialing startup founded by two physicians. It uses blockchain to verify primary source credentialing documents with the aim to reduce time on new hires’ background check. Carilion Clinic tested ArchiveCore software against their typical hiring process for 17 staff members and was amazed to discover that . ArchiveCore they could have saved $1.2 million in lost revenue Blockchain Enables Patient-Centric EHRs Sharing medical data is a sensitive and highly-regulated task. A survey conducted among physicians and nurses in the US that patients’ safety is at risk when exchanging their health information among different departments. reveals that 74% of the respondents believe One of the most popular blockchain use cases in healthcare is to offer a comprehensive overview of patients’ records and manage data sharing consent. Such systems give patients full control over their records – they are notified when their data is updated, and they can share full or partial records with doctors, researchers, and other parties. Patients can even set a time limit on how long their records are visible to a particular third party. Insurers can use this system to validate confirmations with patients directly, without intermediaries. One application of the technology comes from . This company helps healthcare providers integrate their electronic medical records with a blockchain-powered platform. MedicalChain software can be used to develop other healthcare solutions, such as virtual consultations and marketplaces that enable patients to monetize their anonymized medical data. MedicalChain Blockchain Facilitates Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov reveals that drug development . Clinical trials produce large amounts of data and involve many people, such as sponsors, study subjects, doctors, researchers, drug manufacturers, etc. Hence, mistakes can occur easily and there is room for intentional falsification. Finding and recruiting participants is another issue. A recent report shows that participated in clinical trials. Also, trails’ information is typically stored in centralized databases, making it challenging to share among all stakeholders. costs around $350 billion globally per year only 8% of cancer patients Another blockchain use case in healthcare is to make clinical trials more transparent, allowing researchers to identify studies with questionable protocols and prevent their publication. With this technology, all clinical trial documents can be time-stamped and securely stored. Blockchain records include project proposals, surveys, research design, blood tests, patient consent forms, etc. Moreover, this technology allows participants in dispersed geographical locations to view the data simultaneously in real-time, which is crucial for trial decision-making. Additionally, blockchain can help manage clinical trials’ finances. For example, the German pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim teamed up with IBM to implement a blockchain-based bookkeeping system for its trials. Delayed payment of trials’ participants is another issue. It typically takes several months for those people to receive income. Bloqcube specializes in blockchain-powered clinical trial software and it believes that working with central bank digital currencies can significantly speed up the payment process, allowing doctors and patients to receive compensation a few minutes after performing a task. Blockchain Enhances Security Health data is mostly stored on centralized databases which cannot offer adequate protection against theft and breaches. According to HIPAA Journal, a total of across 686 healthcare data breaches. 44,993,618 medical records were compromised in 2021 Blockchain can facilitate secure health data storage and sharing. For example, , headquartered in California, operates as network-as-a-service and uses blockchain to offer a set of policies, configure data layers, and verify health data source and destination in real time. Akiri Blockchain also supports encryption. If healthcare providers want to access patient information, they will need the corresponding public key. Research shows that the protected health information (PHI) residing on their workstations. , a major US-based test and vaccine verification platform resorts to blockchain to encrypt its data and further anonymizes it. 63% of healthcare organizations fail to encrypt Testd Another security-related use case of blockchain in healthcare is supporting wearable medical devices. This technology facilitates recording and safe transmission of IoT data from devices to healthcare providers. It can protect the data from unauthorized tampering, block access to certain devices, and shut down compromised nodes. Blockchain Enforces Commitments VIA Smart Contracts Contract-related disputes and failure to honor contract terms is a problem in every industry. Research shows that in the medical sector, while due to reasons such as incomplete information, duplicate claims, improper registration, etc. 10% of insurance claims are disputed 17% of claims are being denied Smart contracts can offer a solution to these daunting problems. A smart contract is a piece of code deployed on a blockchain. It is set to be executed automatically when predefined conditions are met. Smart contracts help the medical sector to cut down on costs by eliminating intermediaries. This technology enables different healthcare actors, such as providers, patients, insurers, and medical device manufacturers. to authenticate themselves on the network and document contract clauses, which will be carried out automatically and will remain visible to all parties involved. For example, when a patient visits a doctor, this event will be reflected in the blockchain ledger, and the insurer will be notified. Stakeholders can turn to smart contracts to verify facts and speed up dispute resolutions. Curisium, , developed a blockchain-powered platform that supports contract management and negotiation in the healthcare sector. It allows providers and payers to participate in innovative secure contracting arrangements and find common grounds in case of a dispute. recently acquired by Philadelphia-based HealthVerity Blockchain Enables Genomic Research The costs of genomic sequencing sharply decreased nowadays, with some companies . This encourages scientists to engage in genome-related research. But where to find willing participants? And how to provide secure storage for such massive datasets? from $10,000 a few years ago to $1,000 claiming to perform this task for solely $100 Here is another blockchain use case in healthcare. This technology allows participants to store billions of genome data points, exchange them securely between interested parties, and establish ownership. The technology also supports individuals in legally monetizing their genomic information without involving intermediaries. For example, offers a blockchain-enabled DNA marketplace where participants can upload, share, search, and sell genetic data using traceable DNA tokens. EncrypGen In another instance, the Israeli biotech company demploys blockchain to facilitate genomic data exchange between data owners and researchers by using DNAtix tokens as means of payment. The company takes pride in fully anonymizing payments and contracts. DNAtix Here is what the company’s CEO, , “We are bringing a new possibility of participating in research, testing your DNA, storing your DNA, and staying anonymous. It’s the safest genetics on the planet that will be available.” Ofer Lidsky says Challenges of Blockchain in Healthcare : blockchain stores and maintains highly sensitive and regulated patient data on a network that is designed to be transparent. Healthcare organizations need to make sure they are compliant, and the risk of data exposure is minimized. Compliance with HIPAA and other data privacy regulations : medical facilities will need to evaluate the possibilities of storing enormous amounts of data without compromising heavily on the performance. Large volumes of healthcare data : we can’t maximize blockchain security, scalability, and decentralization simultaneously. One of those parameters is improved at the expense of the others. For example, if blockchain is scaled in a way that its payment system is adopted globally, the security of handling those transactions is likely to be compromised. Researchers are looking for solutions, but at the moment, this remains a relevant concern. Finding the right balance : another challenge of blockchain in healthcare is that data access is based on permissions. But what to do if a patient physically can’t give explicit consent in case of emergency? Organizations will have to come up with protocols on how to operate in this and similar situations. Access authorization : blockchain uses cryptography to secure its data. Hence, there is an issue of key management. Using the same public key for all blocks implies that all the data would be exposed if the key is compromised. On the other hand, using a different key for each block will drastically increase the costs of storing and accessing data. Private and public keys How to Proceed With Implementing Blockchain in Healthcare? As Stuart Hanson, CEO of Avaneer Health, pointed out during his interview with Healthcare IT News, blockchain is not a standalone technology that medical facilities can just plug in and solve all their issues. It is not a platform that can be added to an existing tech stack. If your organization wants to be effective in its blockchain adoption, you might need to adapt your internal processes, expand tech stacks, and help your employees and partners to shift their mindset towards a new operating mode. Moreover, organizations that want to benefit from blockchain use cases in healthcare to their full extent, will need to work together and team up with their competitors. For example, IBM and banking institutions that naturally compete against each other, such as Sentara Healthcare, Cleveland Clinic, and Aetna among others. The goal of this cooperation was to establish a governance framework that will monitor a blockchain-powered healthcare network. collaborated with healthcare organizations If you are interested in starting with blockchain implementation in the healthcare sector, it is best to consult professional . 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, una frase popular de la que se habla, sigue siendo un misterio para muchos profesionales. Como proveedor de servicios de web scraping, decidimos reunir algunas de las preguntas y respuestas comunes de web scraping para ayudar a desentrañar el misterio. Web scraping 1. ¿Qué es el web scraping? El web scraping, también conocido como web harvesting y extracción de datos, se refiere básicamente a la obtención de datos disponibles en la World Wide Web a través del Protocolo de transferencia de hipertexto (HTTP) o mediante navegadores web. Leer más: Web Scraping: Cómo Comenzó y Qué Sucederá en El Futuro 2. ¿El Web Scraping Es Legal en Algunos Países? El web scraping en sí no es ilegal, ya que es solo una herramienta para recopilar datos más fácilmente. Sin embargo, hacerlo puede violar la ley cuando robas información no pública, o el sitio de destino prohíbe estrictamente el scraping sin permiso previo o sin mencionar ciertos derechos de autor legales relacionados con el uso de sus datos. Se recomienda encarecidamente que lea detenidamente los Términos y condiciones (ToS) del sitio web antes de scraping. Leer más: ¿El Web Scraping Es Legal en Algunos Países? 3. ¿Cuál es la mejor herramienta de web scraping? La elección de una herramienta de scraping depende de la naturaleza del sitio web y su complejidad. Siempre que la herramienta pueda ayudarlo a obtener los datos de manera rápida y sin problemas con un costo aceptable o cero, puede elegir la herramienta que desee. Leer más: Las mejores Herramientas de Data Scraping para 2020 4. ¿Puedo scrape LinkedIn o Facebook? Desafortunadamente, ambos sitios web a través de robots.txt bloquean el web crawling automatizado.Las disputas legales entre LinkedIn y las empresas que han robado datos han sido un tema candente. Sin embargo, si solo obtiene datos públicos y listas de dos sitios web, es legal extraer datos de ambos sitios web. ; Leer más: Scrape la publicación de LinkedIn 5 Cosas que Debes Saber Antes de Scraping de Facebook 5. What is web scraping used for? Web scraping is aimed at collecting data so it can be applied in any industry that needs the data. It is used largely in market research, , human capital optimization, , and many other fields. price monitoring lead generation Read more: Data Insight: 54 Industries Using Web Scraping 6. ¿Puedo extraer datos de toda la web? Muchas personas creen que el web scraping se puede utilizar para scrape datos de toda la World Wide Web o al menos cientos de miles de sitios web. Esto no es factible en la práctica. Dado que los sitios web no siguen una estructura de página universal, sería difícil para un web scraper interactuar con todas las páginas. 7. ¿Web scraping es data mining ? El web scraping y data mining son dos conceptos diferentes. El web scraping consiste en recopilar datos sin procesar, pero data mining es el proceso de descubrir patrones en grandes conjuntos de datos. Leer más: Data Mining (Wiki) Data Mining Explicada con 10 Historias Interesantes 8. ¿Cómo evitar ser bloqueado al scraping un sitio web? Muchos sitios web lo bloquearían si los scrape demasiado. Para evitar ser denegado, debe hacer que el proceso de scraping se parezca más a un humano que navega por un sitio web. Por ejemplo, agregar un retraso entre dos solicitudes, usar proxies o aplicar diferentes patrones de scraping puede ayudarlo a no ser bloqueado. Leer más: ¿Cómo Scrape Websites sin ser bloqueado? 9. ¿Se puede resolver CAPTCHA durante el web scraping? CAPTCHA solía ser una pesadilla para el web scraping, pero ahora se puede resolver fácilmente. Muchas herramientas de web scraping tienen la característica de resolver CAPTCHA automáticamente durante el proceso de extracción. Y hay muchos solucionadores CAPTCHA que pueden integrarse con sistemas de scraping. : Leer más 5 Cosas que Debes Saber al Evitar CAPTCHA para El Web Scraping 10. ¿Puedo volver a publicar el contenido extraído a través del web crawling? La republicación de contenido debe contar con el consentimiento del propietario. Aunque puede scrape el contenido de texto de sitios web que permiten bots, aún necesita usar estos datos de una manera que no infrinja los derechos de autor del editor. 11. ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre el web scraping y el web crawling ? El Web scraping y el web crawling son dos conceptos relacionados. El web scraping como mencionamos anteriormente es un proceso de obtención de datos de sitios web; el web crawling es navegar sistemáticamente por la World Wide Web, generalmente con el fin de indexar la web. Leer Más: Data crawler 12. ¿Qué es un robots.txt file? Robots.txt es un archivo de texto que le dice a los crawlers, bots o spiders si un website podría scrape. Es fundamental comprender el archivo robots.txt para evitar que se bloquee durante el web scraping. 13. ¿Puedo scrape datos detrás de una página de inicio de sesión? Sí, puede scrape los datos detrás de una página de inicio de sesión fácilmente si tiene una cuenta funcional en el sitio web. El proceso de scraping después del inicio de sesión sería similar al de un scraping normal. Leer más: Extraer datos detrás de un inicio de sesión 14. ¿Cómo extraigo el contenido de las páginas web dinámicas? Un sitio web dinámico actualizaría los datos con frecuencia. Por ejemplo, siempre hay nuevas publicaciones en Twitter. Para scrape desde dicho sitio web, es el mismo proceso que scrape otros sitios web, pero permitiría que el scraper acceda al sitio web con cierta frecuencia para obtener los datos actualizados continuamente. Leer más: Ejecutar/Programar tareas en Cloud 15. ¿Puede una herramienta de web scraping descargar archivos de un sitio web directamente? 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La necesidad de crawling datos web ha aumentado en los últimos años. Los datos crawled se pueden usar para evaluación o predicción en diferentes campos. Aquí, me gustaría hablar sobre 3 métodos que podemos adoptar para scrape datos desde un sitio web. 1. Utilice Website APIs Muchos sitios web de redes sociales grandes, como Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, StackOverflow, proporcionan API para que los usuarios accedan a sus datos. A veces, puede elegir las API oficiales para obtener datos estructurados. Como se muestra a continuación en la Facebook Graph API, debe elegir los campos donde realiza la consulta, luego ordenar los datos, realizar la búsqueda de URL, realizar solicitudes, etc. Para obtener más información, puede consultar https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/using-graph-api. 2. Construye tu propio crawler Sin embargo, no todos los sitios web proporcionan API a los usuarios. Ciertos sitios web se niegan a proporcionar API públicas debido a límites técnicos u otras razones. Alguien puede proponer fuentes RSS, pero debido a que ponen un límite a su uso, no sugeriré ni haré más comentarios al respecto. En este caso, lo que quiero discutir es que podemos construir un crawler por nuestra cuenta para hacer frente a esta situación. ¿Cómo funciona un crawler? Un crawler, dicho de otra manera, es un método para generar una lista de URL que puede alimentar a través de su extractor. Los crawlers se pueden definir como herramientas para encontrar las URL. Primero le da al crawler una página web para que comience, y ellos seguirán todos estos enlaces en esa página. Entonces este proceso continuará en un bucle. Entonces, podemos proceder a construir nuestro propio crawler. Se sabe que Python es un lenguaje de programación de código abierto, y puede encontrar muchas bibliotecas funcionales útiles. Aquí, sugiero BeautifulSoup (Python Library) porque es más fácil de trabajar y posee muchos caracteres intuitivos. Más exactamente, utilizaré dos módulos de Python para crawl los datos. BeautifulSoup no obtenar la página web para nosotros. Por eso uso urllib2 para combinar con la biblioteca BeautifulSoup. Luego, debemos lidiar con las etiquetas HTML para encontrar todos los enlaces dentro de las etiquetas <a> de la página y la tabla derecha. Después de eso, repita cada tr (td)  y luego asigne cada elemento de tr (td) a una variable y añádalo a una lista. Primero veamos la estructura HTML de la tabla (no voy a extraer información para la título de la tabla <th>). Al adoptar este enfoque, su crawler se personaliza. Puede lidiar con ciertas dificultades encontradas en la extracción de API. Puede usar el proxy para evitar que algunos sitios web lo bloqueen, etc. Todo el proceso está bajo su control. Este método debería tener sentido para las personas con habilidades de codificación. El marco de datos que crawled debe ser como la figura a continuación. 3. Aproveche las herramientas de ready-to-use crawler Sin embargo, crawl un sitio web por su cuenta mediante la programación puede llevar mucho tiempo. Para las personas sin habilidades de codificación, esta sería una tarea difícil. Por lo tanto, me gustaría presentar algunas Crawler Tools. Octoparse Octoparse es un poderoso web data crawler basado en Windows. Es realmente fácil para los usuarios comprender esta herramienta con su interfaz de usuario simple y amigable. Para usarlo, debe descargar esta aplicación en su escritorio local. Como se muestra en la figura a continuación, puede hacer clic y arrastrar los bloques en el panel Workflow Designer para personalizar su propia tarea. Octoparse ofrece dos ediciones de planes de suscripción de crawling service: la Edición Gratuita y la Edición de Pago. Ambos pueden satisfacer las necesidades básicas de scraping o crawling de los usuarios. Con la edición gratuita, puede ejecutar sus tareas en el lado local. Si cambia su edición gratuita a una Edición de Pago, puede usar el cargando sus tareas en la Plataforma de la nube. De 6 a 14 servidores en la nube ejecutarán sus tareas simultáneamente con una mayor velocidad y crawl a mayor escala. Además, puede automatizar su extracción de datos sin dejar rastro utilizando la función de proxy anónimo de Octoparse que podría rotar toneladas de IP, lo que evitará que ciertos sitios web lo bloqueen. Aquí hay un video que presenta Octoparse Cloud Extraction. Cloud-based service Octoparse también proporciona para conectar su sistema a sus datos scraped en tiempo real. Puede importar los datos de Octoparse en su propia base de datos o usar la API para solicitar acceso a los datos de su cuenta. Después de finalizar la configuración de la tarea, puede exportar datos a varios formatos, como CSV, Excel, HTML, TXT y database (MySQL, SQL Server y Oracle). API Import.io Import.io también se conoce como un web crawler que cubre todos los diferentes niveles de necesidades de crawling. Ofrece una herramienta mágica que puede convertir un sitio en una formar sin ninguna sesión de entrenamiento. Sugiere a los usuarios descargar su aplicación de escritorio si es necesario crawl sitios web más complicados. Una vez que haya creado su API, ofrecen una serie de opciones de integración simples, como  Google Sheets, Plot.ly, Excel, así como solicitudes GET y POST. Cuando considera que todo esto viene con una etiqueta de precio de por vida y un equipo de soporte increíble, import.io es un primer elección claro para aquellos que buscan datos estructurados. También ofrecen una opción paga de nivel empresarial para empresas que buscan una extracción de datos más compleja o a gran escala. Mozenda Mozenda es otro extractor de datos web fácil de usar. Tiene una interfaz de usuario de apuntar y hacer clic para usuarios sin ninguna habilidad de codificación para usar. Mozenda también elimina la molestia de automatizar y publicar datos extraídos. Dígale a Mozenda qué datos desea una vez, y luego obténgalos con la frecuencia que los necesite. Además, permite una programación avanzada utilizando REST API que el usuario puede conectar directamente con la cuenta Mozenda. Proporciona el servicio basado en la nube y la rotación de IP también. ScrapeBox SEO expertos, los vendedores en línea e incluso los spammers deberían estar muy familiarizados con ScrapeBox con su interfaz de usuario muy fácil de usar. Los usuarios pueden recolectar fácilmente datos de un sitio web para recibir correos electrónicos, verificar el rango de la página, verificar los servidores proxy y el envío de RSS. Mediante el uso de miles de servidores proxy rotativos, podrá escabullirse de las palabras clave del sitio de la competencia, investigar en sitios .gov, recopilar datos y comentar sin ser bloqueado o detectado. Google Web Scraper Plugin Si la gente solo quiere scrape datos de una manera simple, le sugiero que elija el complemento Google Web Scraper. Es un web scraper basado en navegador que funciona como Outwit Hub de Firefox. Puede descargarlo como una extensión e instalarlo en su navegador. Debe resaltar los campos de datos que desea scrape, hacer clic con el botón derecho y elegir "Scrape similar ...". Todo lo que sea similar a lo que destacó se representará en una tabla lista para exportar, compatible con Google Docs. La última versión todavía tenía algunos errores en las hojas de cálculo. Aunque es fácil de manejar, no puede scrape imágenes y crawl datos en gran cantidad.

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Con el advenimiento de los grandes datos, las personas comienzan a obtener datos de Internet para el con la ayuda de . Hay varias formas de hacer su propio rastreador: extensiones en los navegadores, codificación de python con o Scrapy, y también como . análisis de datos rastreadores web Beautiful Soup herramientas de extracción de datos Octoparse Sin embargo, siempre hay una guerra de codificación entre las arañas y los anti-bots. Los desarrolladores web aplican diferentes tipos de técnicas anti-scraping para evitar que sus sitios web sean raspados. En este artículo, he enumerado las cinco técnicas anti-scraping más comunes y cómo se pueden evitar. 1. IP Una de las formas más fáciles para que un sitio web detecte actividades de web scraping es a través del seguimiento de IP. El sitio web podría identificar si la IP es un robot en función de sus comportamientos. Cuando un sitio web descubre que se ha enviado una de solicitudes desde IP o en , existe una buena posibilidad de que la IP se bloquee porque se sospecha que es un bot. En este caso, lo que realmente importa para construir un crawler anti-scraping es el y la de visitas por unidad de tiempo. Aquí hay algunos escenarios que puede encontrar. cantidad abrumadora una sola dirección periódicamente un corto período de tiempo número frecuencia : Hacer múltiples visitas en segundos. No hay forma de que un humano real pueda navegar tan rápido. Entonces, si su crawler envía solicitudes frecuentes a un sitio web, el sitio web definitivamente bloquearía la IP para identificarlo como un robot. Escenario 1 Disminuya la velocidad de scraping. Configurar un tiempo de retraso (por ejemplo, la función "dormir") antes de ejecutar o aumentar el tiempo de espera entre dos pasos siempre funcionaría. Solución: : Visitar un sitio web exactamente al mismo ritmo. El humano real no repite los mismos patrones de comportamiento una y otra vez. Algunos sitios web monitorean la frecuencia de las solicitudes y si las solicitudes se envían periódicamente con el mismo patrón exacto, como una vez por segundo, es muy probable que se active el mecanismo anti-scraping. Escenario 2 : Establezca un tiempo de retraso aleatorio para cada paso de su rastreador. Con una velocidad de scrapubg aleatoria, el rastreador se comportaría más como los humanos navegan por un sitio web. Solución Algunas técnicas anti-scraping de alto nivel incorporarían algoritmos complejos para rastrear las solicitudes de diferentes IP y analizar sus solicitudes promedio. Si la solicitud de una IP es inusual, como enviar la misma cantidad de solicitudes o visitar el mismo sitio web a la misma hora todos los días, se bloquearía. Escenario 3: Cambie su IP periódicamente. La mayoría de los servicios VPN, y servicios proxy podrían proporcionar IP rotadas. Al través una solicitud Rotación de IP, el rastreador no se comporta como un bot, lo que reduce el riesgo de ser bloqueado. Solución: cloud servers 2. Captcha ¿Alguna vez has visto este tipo de imagen al navegar por un sitio web? 1.Necesita un clic 2.Necesita seleccionar imágenes específicas Estas imágenes se llaman Captcha. Captcha significa prueba de Turing pública completamente automatizada para diferenciar a computadoras y seres humanos. Es un programa público automático para determinar si el usuario es un humano o un robot. Este programa proporcionaría varios desafíos, como imagen degradada, rellenar espacios en blanco o incluso ecuaciones, que se dice que son resueltas solo por un humano. Esta prueba ha evolucionado durante mucho tiempo y actualmente muchos sitios web aplican Captcha como técnicas anti-scraping. Alguna vez fue muy difícil pasar Captcha directamente. Pero hoy en día, muchas ahora se pueden aplicar para resolver problemas de Captcha, aunque pueden requerir habilidades de programación más avanzadas. Algunas personas incluso crean sus propias bibliotecas de características y crean técnicas de reconocimiento de imágenes con aprendizaje automático o habilidades de aprendizaje profundo para pasar esta verificación. herramientas de código abierto Es más fácil no activarlo que resolverlo Para la mayoría de las personas, la forma más fácil es ralentizar o aleatorizar el proceso de extracción para no activar la prueba Captcha. Ajustar el tiempo de retraso o usar IP rotados puede reducir efectivamente la probabilidad de activar la prueba. 3. Iniciar Sesión Muchos sitios web, especialmente las plataformas de redes sociales como Twitter y Facebook, solo le muestran información después de iniciar sesión en el sitio web. Para rastrear sitios como estos, los rastreadores también necesitarían simular los pasos de registro. Después de iniciar sesión en el sitio web, el rastreador debe guardar las cookies. Una cookie es un pequeño dato que almacena los datos de navegación para los usuarios. Sin las cookies, el sitio web olvidaría que ya ha iniciado sesión y le pedirá que vuelva a iniciar sesión. Además, algunos sitios web con mecanismos de raspado estrictos solo pueden permitir el acceso parcial a los datos, como 1000 líneas de datos todos los días, incluso después de iniciar sesión. Tu bot necesita saber cómo iniciar sesión 1) Simular operaciones de teclado y mouse. El rastreador debe simular el proceso de inicio de sesión, que incluye pasos como hacer clic en el cuadro de texto y los botones "iniciar sesión" con el mouse, o escribir información de cuenta y contraseña con el teclado. 2) Inicie sesión primero y luego guarde las cookies. Para los sitios web que permiten cookies, recordarían a los usuarios guardando sus . Con estas cookies, no es necesario volver a iniciar sesión en el sitio web a corto plazo. Gracias a este mecanismo, su rastreador podría evitar tediosos pasos de inicio de sesión y raspar la información que necesita. cookies 3) Si, desafortunadamente, encuentra los mecanismos de escalado estrictos anteriores, puede programar su rastreador para monitorear el sitio web a una frecuencia fija, como una vez al día. Programe el rastreador para que raspe las 1000 líneas de datos más recientes en períodos y acumule los datos más nuevos. 4. UA UA significa , que es un encabezado del sitio web para identificar cómo visita el usuario. Contiene información como el sistema operativo y su versión, tipo de CPU, navegador y su versión, idioma del navegador, un complemento del navegador, etc. User-Agent Un ejemplo de UA: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_0) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, como Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.56 Safari/535.11 Al scrape un sitio web, si su rastreador no contiene encabezados, solo se identificaría como un script (por ejemplo, si usa python para construir el rastreador, se declararía como un script de python). Los sitios web definitivamente bloquearían la solicitud de un script. En este caso, el buscador debe pretender ser un navegador con un encabezado UA para que el sitio web pueda proporcionarle acceso. A veces, el sitio web muestra diferentes páginas o información a diferentes navegadores o diferentes versiones, incluso si ingresa al sitio con la misma URL. Lo más probable es que la información sea compatible con un navegador mientras que otros navegadores están bloqueados. Por lo tanto, para asegurarse de que puede ingresar a la página correcta, se requerirán múltiples navegadores y versiones. Cambie entre diferentes UA para evitar ser bloqueado Cambie la información de UA hasta que encuentre la correcta. Algunos sitios web sensibles que aplican técnicas complejas de anti-scraping pueden incluso bloquear el acceso si se usa el mismo UA durante mucho tiempo. En este caso, necesitaría cambiar la información de UA periódicamente. 5. AJAX Hoy en día, se desarrollan más sitios web con AJAX en lugar de las técnicas tradicionales de desarrollo web. AJAX significa JavaScript asíncrono y XML, que es una técnica para actualizar el sitio web de forma asíncrona. En pocas palabras, no es necesario volver a cargar todo el sitio web cuando solo se producen pequeños cambios dentro de la página. Entonces, ¿cómo podría saber si un sitio web aplica AJAX? Toda la página se actualizará incluso si solo realiza un pequeño cambio en el sitio web. Por lo general, aparece un signo de carga y la URL cambia. Para estos sitios web, podríamos aprovechar el mecanismo e intentar encontrar el patrón de cómo cambiarían las URL. Luego, podría generar URL en lotes y extraer información directamente a través de estas URL en lugar de enseñarle a su crawler cómo navegar por sitios web como los humanos. Un sitio web sin AJAX: Solo se cambiará el lugar donde hace clic y no aparecerá ningún signo de carga. Por lo general, la web URL no cambiaría, por lo que el crawler tiene que lidiar con ella de una manera directa. Un sitio web con AJAX: Para algunos sitios web complejos desarrollados por AJAX, se necesitarían técnicas especiales para descubrir formas cifradas únicas en esos sitios web y extraer los datos cifrados. Resolver este problema puede llevar mucho tiempo porque las formas cifradas varían en las diferentes páginas. Si pudiera encontrar un , podría descifrar automáticamente el sitio web y extraer datos. navegador con operaciones JS incorporadas Las técnicas de web scraping y anti-scraping están progresando todos los días. Quizás estas técnicas estarían desactualizadas cuando lea este artículo. Sin embargo, siempre puede obtener ayuda de . Aquí en Octoparse, nuestra misión es hacer que los datos sean accesibles para cualquier persona, en particular, aquellos sin antecedentes técnicos. Como herramienta de web scraping, podemos proporcionarle soluciones listas para implementar para estas cinco técnicas anti scraping. ¡No dude en cuando necesite una poderosa herramienta de web scraping para su negocio o proyecto! Octoparse contactarnos Referencia Megan Mary Jane. 2019. Cómo evitar las técnicas anti-scraping en el web scraping. Recuperado de: https://bigdata-madesimple.com/how-to-bypass-anti-scraping-techniques-in-web-scraping/ Previously published at http://www.octoparse.es/blog/5-tecnicas-anti-scraping

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Para extraer datos de websites, puede usar las herramientas de extracción de datos como . Estas herramientas pueden extraer datos de website automáticamente y guardarlos en muchos formatos, como Excel, JSON, CSV, HTML o en su propia base de datos a través de . Solo toma unos minutos puede extraer miles de líneas de datos, la mejor es que no se necesita codificación en este proceso. Octoparse API Tabla de contenidos Método #1: Extracción Sencilla con Las Plantillas de Web Scraping Método #2: Extracción Personalizada con Modo Avanzado Tome Google Search como ejemplo. Si estamos interesados en información sobre el "smoothie" y queremos extraer todos los títulos, descripciones y URLs de los resultados de búsqueda. Para extraer datos de Google Search, puede usar una . plantilla de web scraping La plantilla es un crawler preformateado que listo para usar sin ninguna configuración. Hay más de 50 plantillas para elegir. Verá todas las plantillas desde sitios web de comercio electrónico como Amazon y eBay hasta canales de redes sociales como Facebook, Twitter e Instagram. Octoparse también ofrece plantillas personalizadas. Método #1: Extracción Sencilla con Las Plantillas de Web Scraping Primero: Elija una plantilla de web scraping Para usar la plantilla, necesita instalar Octoparse en la computadora. Seleccione el modo "Task Template". Vaya a la plantilla de web scraping de Google Search en la categoría "search engine", Segundo: lee las instrucciones de la plantilla Abre la plantilla. Consulte las instrucciones y la salida de muestra para asegurarse de que esta plantilla le proporcionará los datos que necesita. Puede pasar el cursor sobre los campos de datos para ver qué elementos de los sitios web se extraerán. Consulte los parámetros para comprender mejor lo que necesita ingresar. Los parámetros variarían en diferentes plantillas, porque necesitan diferentes términos de búsqueda para continuar. Puede ser una URL, una palabra clave, una lista de URL/palabras clave , la cantidad de páginas que desea obtener, etc. En este caso, debemos ingresar el término de búsqueda "smoothie" Tercero: Usa la plantilla y comienza datos extracción Sigue haciendo clic en "use template", luego ingrese "smoothie" y presione "save and run". Si es una-vez proyecto, simplemente puede ejecutar el crawler en su computadora local. Mientras que, si está manejando un proyecto en curso, puede extraer datos en la  plataforma de la nube de Octoparse. Después de la extracción, puede exportarla a muchos formatos, como Excel, CSV y txt. Acabamos de presentar cómo usar una plantilla de web scraping para extraer web datos de Google Search. También puede crear su propio crawler utilizando el "Modo avanzado". Es posible que necesita algunas configuraciones, pero es muy flexible en términos de extracción de datos. Método #2: Extracción Personalizada con Modo Avanzado Paso 1: Ingrese la URL de destino para crear un crawler Si está tratando de , puede ingresar una lista de hasta 10,000 URL en el cuadro. En este caso, como solo estamos scraping solo un sitio web, peguemos la URL de destino en el cuadro y haga clic en "save URL" para continuar. extraer datos a gran escala Paso 2: Crea un bucle de paginación Cambie el navegador a Firefox 45. Ahora Octoparse ha cargado la página web en el navegador incorporado con éxito. Luego, debemos crear una paginación haciendo clic en el botón de página "Next" y seleccionando "Loop click next page" en el panel de Consejos de acción. Verá el bucle de paginación que acabamos de crear en el área de flujo de trabajo. Paso 3: Extraer los datos e iniciar la extracción Ahora podemos extraer los datos. Haga clic en el título de un resultado de búsqueda y haga clic en "select all". Después de seleccionar todos los títulos, se resaltarán en verde. Haga clic en "extract text of the selected element" para extraer todos los títulos. Hagamos una pausa por un momento para ver el flujo de trabajo. Como veis, acabamos de construir un bucle extracción dentro del ciclo de paginación. Todo el proceso de extracción funcionará de esta manera: el bot primero abrirá la página web, extraerá los títulos en la primera página uno por uno, y luego pasará a la página siguiente para repetir la extracción hasta que la extracción se detenga o se complete. Además de Google, las herramientas de extracción de datos pueden extraer datos de muchos otros sitios web, y se utilizan ampliamente en todas las industrias. Por ejemplo, las compañías pueden extraer mapas de Yellowpages, Yelp y Google para generar oportunidades de ventas. Puede consultar otros usos y aplicaciones de extracción de datos . Previously published at http://www.octoparse.es/blog/scrape-websites-sin-ser-bloqueado

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Ever wondered where the word ‘Stock’ comes from? It comes from the Dutch word ‘Kerfstok’ — a medieval tool used to keep track of financial transactions in the form of debt and/or advanced payments . [1] The predecessor of financial instruments such as shares, bonds, derivatives, securities and the like, was essentially a system of two sticks whereby one was held by the debt holder and one was held by the credit holder. The sticks evolved to become tradeable financial instruments and eventually a currency across medieval Europe. Experts state that the Dutch gained supremacy in World Trade (1585–1740) by virtue of their financial innovations in trading expeditions . [2] The theory of hegemonic world cycles states that every global shift of power was marked by a country’s technological advantage over other countries . Naturally, there are more factors that cause a global shift of power, but the theory tries to cut down to one or two advantage(s). [3] See a simplified explanation of shifts in hegemonic world power below: Portugal: 1494–1580. Ship-building techniques and sea power expertise. The Netherlands: 1585–1740. Innovations in finance/collective investment. United Kingdom: 1800–1910. Industrial revolution. United States: 1914 — Present. Division of labor and mass production. The shift in world power from the Portuguese to the Dutch occurred because a group of people standing on the canals in Amsterdam figured there were better ways of financing a trade expedition. Someone probably said: ‘What if we collect money from rich merchants on the land and use their money to build strong ships and pay them interest on the loot from our expedition?’ The idea of issuing shares and building world’s first corporation (the VOC) was born… Just like the merchants and sailors might have felt something disruptive was about to happen in 17th century finance, I feel something is about to happen now, in the 21th century. This is also related to trading, finance, liquidity and proof of ownership. In this post, I will elaborate on why I believe the Netherlands is the perfect breeding ground for a ecosystem to emerge. I will try to base my reasoning on recent local events I have participated in and more general information about the Netherlands as an entry point for tech and innovation. security token Security tokens in the Netherlands in 2018 It starts with events A couple of months ago, I attended an event on the Future of funding & Blockchain. People from different blockchain projects came together to discuss the possibility of the ecosystem merging together with legislators, governments and the financial authority (AFM). The event was held at an iconic venue: The Amsterdam stock exchange , world’s first stock exchange . Perhaps, this stock exchange will also evolve to become the world’s first institutional security token exchange — the designated corner for crypto traders is already a good start. [4] Amsterdam stock exchange — source On the 15th of August I hosted a Security Token Offering (STO) meetup event together with my colleagues at our office in Amsterdam. Our goals were to share the knowledge we gained in the ramp up towards our own STO and learn from others that are interested in the space. VMC.AI I was impressed bythe amount of people and companies that attended, and their involvement in the security token space. Several start ups, such as: , were already involved in an STO or planning to start an offering soon. A significant portion of the start ups that attended are not even utilizing blockchain technology in their solution, but are simply leveraging the benefits of security tokens as a means of funding for their project. Peliqan Eventx The founders of Core Digital, a subsidiary of the , were present at the meetup. They provide an end-to-end solution for companies that want to issue/offer security tokens to the general public. A visit to their office at Amsterdam’s financial center taught me that these guys are very knowledgeable about how to set up and market an STO in the Netherlands. Kane and Rao Group A handful of traditional investors also attended the meetup, shedding their lights on the link between crypto and institutional investors. Which was good because, in my opinion, we must meet in the middle — as I described at the end of my . earlier post In September, I gave an open guest lecture about security tokens at the University of applied science in The Hague, whereby an excited group of finance, business and computer science students explored the possibilities of a tokenized future. _September 18, 2018: Adriaan Jacob Brouwer, VMC posted images on LinkedIn_www.linkedin.com Adriaan Jacob Brouwer, VMC on LinkedIn: "I really enjoyed giving my first guest lecture ever (😱)… It is impressive to see such an early move by a university to teach its students about the matter. Now, that we have acknowledged the current state of security tokens in the Netherlands, it would be even more interesting to place this in the context of the Netherlands as an European (fin)tech hub. In an attempt to answer the following question: Why the Netherlands? A Tech Haven The country is ranked second on the Global Innovation Index (GII) [4]. According to I Amsterdam , there are more than 250k tech workers in Amsterdam, meaning that 25% of the city’s population works in tech [5] . The Netherlands is perceived as a perfect entry point for international tech companies trying to get a foothold in the European market for the following reasons: [6] Tolerant Startup visa requirements Best “English as second language” speakers worldwide International trade treaties and geographical location High level of education EU compliance The European Union (EU) requires companies within the EU to publish a prospectus when securities are offered to the general public or admitted to trading on a regular market . [7] Which means that issuance of a security token under supervision of the Dutch Finance Authority (AFM) is automatically compliant to regulations of other European countries such as Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden etc. Early adopters The first signs of adoption are apparent in the overheated housing market of Amsterdam. Housing prices in Amsterdam are soaring due to a lack of availability on one hand, but on the other hand, one out of eight house buyers are not going to live in their house. The number of house owners that own between two and 50 houses has doubled over the last ten years. To top it off, twenty individuals own more than 100 houses in the country’s capital [8] . Houses are traditionally illiquid assets, which adds to the rising inequality problem indicated above. That would potentially unlock a lot of financial benefits which can be used to develop new properties for the greater good of society. What if we could make the value of these assets liquid? I was not the first to draw this conclusion… Property manager and fintech startup started a pilot to make investing in property more accessible. Annexum Bloqhouse is collaborating with real estate owners to split real estate assets into different tokens in which everyone can invest. MijnVastgoed Founder of the International Blockchain Real Estate Association ( ), Ragnar Lifthrasir, acknowledges that a vast number of quality startups and real estate companies are jumping on the new tokenized possibilities, whereas real estate companies in the US are a bit more reluctant [9]. IBREA Furthermore, a handful of startups are creating security token issuance platforms that comply with the EU prospectus standard. However, these projects are in a relative early stage and, therefore, it is too early to mention them here. Conclusion It is not easy to draw firm conclusions from multiple fragmented pieces of information that somehow relate to the main argument I tried to make in this post. Furthermore, none of my claims in this post rely on a solid basis of aligned arguments that indicate that the Netherlands will indeed be the world’s center for security token offerings. And, perhaps, the security token industry is too young to even make claims about where it would be clustered. Maybe the security token trend is explosive in every tech hub worldwide, at this moment. Of course, this would mean that the adoption and events happening in the Netherlands are not so special after all. Or maybe I am just hoping that Amsterdam will be the epicenter of security tokens, since I am so fascinated by it and would love to be on top of the action. Nevertheless, I hope that my examples in this article show that the Netherlands might be the perfect ground to grow the ecosystem.

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Chicago has been a hub for business and innovation for nearly 200 years. From meat packing to bridge technology, Chicago became the place to go to be involved in commerce. The Chicago River allowed for goods to be distributed/redistributed easily across the states and further afield, and by the middle of the 1800’s, with the birth of the Chicago Board of Trade, the city started its journey to become one of the biggest financial centres in the world. Photo by on Alex Livingston Unsplash With financial institutions and innovative ideas imbedded in its every fibre, it is no surprise that cryptocurrency, a new way to perceive and collaborate on building a new world economy, has found a home in Chicago. There, entrepreneurs have found a home where they can work on their blockchain projects without the stifling regulation they may find in New York and with less Venture Capital firms to continuously please than Silicon Valley. I don’t live in Chicago but I did work in the finance industry for a number of years and I spent a lot of time in what I found to be an amazing city. I met my wife there, still have friends who live and work there and I try to stay up to date with what is happening there. So when I was asked to take a look at ‘ earlier last week, my interest was immediately piqued. The Voice Of Blockchain’ event from the Chicago Blockchain Project (CBP) “Blockchain systems allow a group of people, with no reason to trust each other, to agree on a set of data AND the time the data was entered into the system. An emergent property of blockchain systems is inspiration to act. The system can be engineered in such a way that a positive feedback loop is created between the value of the system and the number of individuals inspired to actively participate.” At its very essence, blockchain and crypto is all about living in a decentralized, more transparent world where we are all working collaboratively with and for each other. The more I read about CBP the more I learned that it understands this as well as any orgainization I have come across. “We will reward contribution to projects which align in our ethos to build our city’s future. Through helping others, participation in learning will be experiential. Armed with skills required to compete in the economy of the future, we will establish Chicago as the blockchain capital of the world.” As any blockchain and cryptocurrency enthusiast knows, the industry is not short of its chancers and people trying to take advantage of an excitable public. The ethos behind CBP, however, aligns directly with the technology it is trying to champion. CBP’s 2 day event happening in Chicago on the 24th and 25th of August, at the historic Navy Pier — is an event that really does stay true to that ethos too. CBP are committed to giving the diverse attendees from all walks of life that are developing, working with or who are just interested in blockchain, the chance to speak to each other and to hear from to leaders in the industry, such as Matthew Roszak, the Co-Founder of Bloq and Rumi Morales, a Partner at Outlier Ventures. The Voice Of Blockchain — CBP have also just confirmed that the State CTO Jack King and Sunil Thomas, Director of will both be attending. Illinois Blockchain initiative There are going to be over 100 bloggers, YouTubers and podcasters attending so as to ensure that everyone gets to hear about what has gone on at the event. They even get their own area, ‘Lamboland’ from which to film and interview. CBP clearly want to get their message out to everyone. One of the biggest draws of the event is that unlike so many other blockchain events, The Voice Of Blockchain will feature , this event isn't for that. There will just be meaningful, in depth conversations about blockchain in its current state and how to move it forward for the good. no paid for pitches or sponsored speakers To ensure there is a diverse range of exhibitors involved, CBP have a Social Good track so that not-for-profit organizations are also able to contribute to the event without having to pay. The Social Good track will be curated by Sharon Burns, who was CIO of the of the MacArthur Foundation for 14 years and head of the City of Chicago Technology department during Y2K. It is not just social good projects that will be featured however. CBP want to ensure that projects from a wealth of different industries are featured so as to ensure the full scope of what blockchain can achieve is understood. There will be exhibitors who focus on Innovation, looking at how blockchain can improve Healthcare and Education, how Smart Cities will change the way we live and even what the future holds for the gaming industry. Fintech and Markets will also be covered looking at the future of payments and banking in a crypto world, how it will affect regulation and the impact it will have on Geo-Competition. Last but not least there will be #BUIDL exhibitors who will be delving into how we are to overcome scalability and privacy problems, looking at mining and protocols, and one of my personal major interest’s DAGs. Also included in the ticket price are developer workshops with certificates that integrate to LinkedIn from CBP’s Academy Partners including Enigma Protocol. Plus, every Attendee gets a copy of the special Voice of Blockchain edition by Josh Blaylock of Devil’s Due Comics Bitcoin Comic Handbook With over 5000 attendees expected, the event is setup to be a special two days and one that will likely set the bar for events like it in the future. CBP are trying to cut through all the noise that currently swirls around the blockchain/crypto world and the Voice Of Blockchain will give a voice to the people actually trying to make a difference, and not just a quick buck. Visit the for more information on who they are, what they do and for more info, including how to get tickets for, the Voice Of Blockchain event. CBP’s website Sources: _Joseph Schumpeter drew a compelling distinction between invention and innovation. Invention is the creation of…_www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org Innovation, Invention, and Chicago Business Disclaimer — This article was sponsored by the Chicago Blockchain Project.

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