Next: Blockchain — Season 1, Episode 2: Fork
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
The design of bitcoin is based on a check and balance principle that guarantees the decentralization of power. However, the problem of scalability has divided the bitcoin community and provoked heated debate. Since Americans write the code and the Chinese are miners, the bitcoin debate went from technological to ideological.
About Next: Blockchain
Some say blockchain is the second coming of the Internet, that it will change the way our world operates permanently. Others call it a scam. It enables the making of billionaires, but it has also put people in jail.