Decential Media

1 month ago | decential.io | MacEagon Voyce

I first met Derrick Washington in 2014. I was living in Boston during a tumultuous moment in American history. In Ferguson, Michael Brown had just been murdered. The ubiquity of smartphones was waking the public to the fact that his death was no isolated event. Eric Garner. Tamir Rice. Rekia Boyd. This was the beginning of Black Lives Matter, and the so-called “woke” movement – a groundswell so consequential that the word itself is now demonized by millions who, apparently, prefer to stay asleep.

1 month ago | decential.io | MacEagon Voyce

Minted begins inside the living room of Mike Winkelmann, better known as the artist Beeple. Surrounded by friends and family, he’s watching as an NFT of his now iconic piece "Everydays: the First 5000 Days" is auctioned by Christie’s for an astounding $69.3 million. It was the moment that shook the earth. Frontpage headlines introduced NFTs to the world, conveying shock, wonder and skepticism that this might be the future of art. But it was also art’s past.

1 month ago | decential.io | MacEagon Voyce

“The first time I ever found Bitcoin, I think it was worth two hundredths of a penny,” he told me. “I tried to borrow my school's supercomputer to mine it, which would have quadrupled the hashrate of the network at the time. But they said no, because it was a gift from IBM and could not be used for financial gain."After graduating in 2014, he worked in festival technology and production, managing cashless payment systems.

1 month ago | decential.io | Stephen Laddin

Every day, humans and robots produce and consume endless amounts of digital data across websites, mobile applications and beyond. The Internet has helped proliferate that data to all corners of the globe, and with it, the need for data storage. It’s an expansion that shows no signs of slowing down, and according to Global Market Insights, the global decentralized storage market was valued at $623 million in 2024, but is now estimated to reach $4.5 billion by 2034.

2 months ago | decential.io | Stephen Laddin

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more immersive the need to discern fact from fiction and the real from the fabricated will become ever more pressing. Verification and proof of authenticity will especially be needed in the financial technology (fintech) industry, where privacy and protecting user data are paramount.