Paul Brody

Paul Brody is Global Blockchain Leader for EY (Ernst & Young). Under his leadership, EY is established a global presence in the blockchain space with a particular focus on public blockchains, assurance, and business application development in the Ethereum ecosystem.

Paul Brody

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Opinion

Web 3.0 Is Too Complicated

For a truly decentralized future, we have to resist the temptations of instant user interface gratification and extremely simple API integrations that depend on data centers.

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Opinion

Web 3.0 é muito complicada

Para um futuro verdadeiramente descentralizado, temos que resistir às tentações da gratificação instantânea da interface do usuário e de integrações de API extremamente simples que dependem de data centers.

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Opinion

Le Web 3.0 est trop compliqué

Pour un avenir véritablement décentralisé, nous devons résister aux tentations de la gratification instantanée de l’interface utilisateur et des intégrations d’API extrêmement simples qui dépendent des centres de données.

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Policy

This Thanksgiving, Let’s Be Grateful for Technology

Oh, it’s just an opportunity to transform the way enterprises run, create immense value and reset the distribution of power across the global economy.

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Policy

Why Blockchain Benefits the Supply Chain

Supply chains depend on clear communications, which is often missing from non-blockchain systems.

Businesses "usually have little to no knowledge of suppliers further up the [supply] chain,” wrote the WEF contributors. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Policy

We Are Already Living in a Post-Scarcity World

More and more of what we consume has an effectively infinite supply, says EY’s blockchain leader.

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Policy

Sorry, Blockchains Aren’t Going to Fix the Internet’s Privacy Problem

The economics aren’t good for a consumer privacy revolution, but technology is already helping people who want absolute anonymity.

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Finance

How DeFi Can Help Make Climate Change an Investable Asset

Three ways blockchain technology can funnel capital to climate change-friendly products.

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Finance

The CeFi-DeFi Battle Has Already Begun

Legacy companies tend to make two key mistakes in the face of internet disruption. They’re making them now about DeFi, says EY’s blockchain head.

Born separately, CeFi and DeFi are set to converge.

Markets

Why Enterprises Should Build on Public Blockchains

Private networks, a lot like corporate private intranets, may never go away but they will never be as relevant as the public internet or open chains like Ethereum.

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