Dateline: Brussels, 21st May 2024.
Jamie Smith, commenting on Vitalik Buterin’s “proof of personhood” discussions (which serve to highlight the central importance of digital identity in the new economy), notes that innovation is "so often about combining two existing ideas together in a new way”. He cites the combination of digital wallets and artificial intelligence as a locus for such innovation and I have to say that I agree with him. And as it happens, I’m in Brussels today talking about this with 400 other smart people at my good friend Rik Coeckelbergs’ excellent The Banking Scene 2024 conference.