We are quickly approaching the point – actually, perhaps we are past it – when technology innovation and market development in the crypto space needs no traditional financial regulation at all.

To ask bluntly, will a US-government issued digital currency even be desired by a new generation of Americans brought up in crypto-based economies?

We consider the development of power metrics over time and introduce the concept of “botpower.” We discuss its effect on coders and business-building decisions, how the question of build vs. buy will become a relic or the past (the answer: build), and frame our key views around the integration of AI in future enterprises.

In a recent post, we introduced the concept of "botpower" in the evolution of productivity metrics. Unlike horsepower and manpower, botpower doesn't measure physical strength but evaluates AI-driven technological capacity. In this blog post, we discuss if we can quantify an equation for botpower, and the roles of standardization, valuation, and corporate leadership in its calculation.

Given my experience as a long-time executive in large financial firms, I share the mistaken assumptions that startups make about legacy institutions, the real reasons that corporations hold back from adopting new technologies, and how builders should work with enterprises as a result.

You don’t throw babies out with bathwater. You don’t blame money for money laundering. And you don’t blame digital currencies for the prevalence of cybercrime. Here’s why.