Forbes wants to fix journalism with blockchain, but journalists are skeptical

Publishing giant Forbes is joining a blockchain-based journalism network to begin experimenting with publishing its content using decentralized tech. In an announcement yesterday, Forbes revealed it has teamed up with blockchain-powered journalism platform, Civil, in an effort to gain more trust with readers. As part of the collaboration, Forbes will also publish content on the blockchain. But you might have to wait to read one of Forbes’ “decentralized” articles. Forbes says it will start uploading content to the blockchain next year. For starters, the company will store articles’ metadata on Civil. The metadata includes all of the information of an article…

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https://ift.tt/2IOZL6X Matthew Beedham October 10, 2018 at 09:01AM