The World Wide Web integrated all kinds of hardware and software into one system, eventually transforming billions of lives and the world, as we know it. Blockchain technology is the biggest leap forward since the Internet. Today, various blockchains, decentralized apps and crypto protocols are fragmented just as the Internet used to be. And just like 20 years ago, researchers on the cutting edge of digital technology have created a new technology about to change the game, and possibly the world, by connecting all blockchains and protocols into a single system...

All around the world, people are talking about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But while they’re a headline-grabbing topic, many of the discussions aren’t grounded in any hard facts.