As president-elect Trump prepares to take office he must develop comprehensive plans to address growing cybesecurity concerns. In a recent op-ed for WIRED, Coin Center director of research Peter Van Valkenburgh suggests a novel approach: embracing new internet infrastructure built on open, permissionless, blockchain networks that would be far more resilient than the vulnerable system in place today.
Trump’s team should know that open networks like bitcoin are a promising development in the otherwise bleak story of cybersecurity, even if while they sometimes present challenges to law enforcement and financial regulators. Just like the early internet, these tools may cause a policy headache or two, but they are well worth protecting.
Read the full op-ed on wired.com.