Sebastian Gębski
Sebastian Gębski - Principal Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services. ex-CTO, ex-VP/Eng. He has co-built online platforms since 2001: across all kinds of organizations - starting with startups and ending with international financial groups, on 3 continents. He was designing solutions for development factories up to 300 people and leading engineering organizations up to 70 people. Hyper-active blogger, co-host of CTO Morning Coffee and a serial reader. Fan of deliberate system design, System's Theory and practical applications of DSLs.
Is Decentralization the Paneceum for the 21st Century? Let's Find Out.
We live in times of rapid technology development. Each year brings a new portion of widely discussed "breakthroughs", and the ones that get most attention are about decentralization (of processing/control/data storage). Within just few years we've went through hypes related to: blockchain, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, distributed ledgers, NFTs, DIDs, FLoC, web3, etc.
The excitement is widespread, but there's also sound criticism. Some claim that these are solutions to non-existing problems, or - at least - the same problems can be solved in a simpler, cheaper, and faster way.
Why don't we take a closer look then? No, the idea is not to investigate the energy consumption of bitcoin mining or determine whether crypto is an investment or a form of gambling. Let's take two steps back to understand the true nature of the problems decentralization promises to solve - maybe there's indeed a better way? A sample of projects to take a look at are: digital identity, decentralized currencies & payments, unambiguous connections between physical and digital entities, personal data ownership, auditable facts.
Sebastian Gębski - Principal Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services. ex-CTO, ex-VP/Eng. He has co-built online platforms since 2001: across all kinds of organizations - starting with startups and ending with international financial groups, on 3 continents. He was designing solutions for development factories up to 300 people and leading engineering organizations up to 70 people. Hyper-active blogger, co-host of CTO Morning Coffee and a serial reader. Fan of deliberate system design, System's Theory and practical applications of DSLs.
Is Decentralization the Paneceum for the 21st Century? Let's Find Out.
We live in times of rapid technology development. Each year brings a new portion of widely discussed "breakthroughs", and the ones that get most attention are about decentralization (of processing/control/data storage). Within just few years we've went through hypes related to: blockchain, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, distributed ledgers, NFTs, DIDs, FLoC, web3, etc.
The excitement is widespread, but there's also sound criticism. Some claim that these are solutions to non-existing problems, or - at least - the same problems can be solved in a simpler, cheaper, and faster way.
Why don't we take a closer look then? No, the idea is not to investigate the energy consumption of bitcoin mining or determine whether crypto is an investment or a form of gambling. Let's take two steps back to understand the true nature of the problems decentralization promises to solve - maybe there's indeed a better way? A sample of projects to take a look at are: digital identity, decentralized currencies & payments, unambiguous connections between physical and digital entities, personal data ownership, auditable facts.