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Chicago Blockchain Project

An entity with the goal of increasing the rate at which the world moves towards sustainability by building Chicago to be the blockchain capital of the world.

ENTITY

An organization comprised of all of Chicago, open to anyone who chooses to participate.

GOAL

The goal is our North Star and guiding ethos directing pivots in method and design.

INCREASING THE RATE AT WHICH THE WORLD MOVES TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY

Chicago Blockchain Project will aid selected viable Chicagoan projects that use continual systems and methods for producing sustainable products/services.

BUILDING CHICAGO

#BUIDL

Proactively educating, marketing, and developing software with the community.

BLOCKCHAIN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

A city internationally recognized as a leader in the development of blockchain technology.

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CREATE

We no longer need to fight wars over scarce physical assets. We can now CREATE infinite amounts of unique scarce digital assets. There is no limit to what we can build. See a problem. Solve a problem. Share in the value of the solution.

PARTICIPATE

The new paradigm is collaboration. The world no longer tells you what you are worth. You don’t need to ask permission to PARTICIPATE in building the future. Hold the underlying asset and work hard to make the ecosystem thrive. Show the world your value.

EXECUTE

Simply put, you need to start. Get up. Try. Take the risk even if you don’t know what risk you might be taking. You will never know better if you don’t try. Be bold because you can. The only difference between being an explorer and being lost is purpose. EXECUTE your vision.

What I love about Blockchain…

My goal is to help us move from the economic paradigm of competition to collaboration. We have the greatest incentive mechanism ever created in our hands and we will shape how it is used.

I believe it is in the interest of all mankind to help our neighbors. Without jealousy, but with desire. Without greed, but with competition. Without fear, but with enthusiasm. If this belief holds true, then every individual’s motive whether self-interest or benevolence, is logically aligned to the same goal.

When the individual succeeds, so does the whole. We function together as a society. Throughout the history of the world people have been driven to fear the others. To say “us” versus “them” rather than realizing we are all part of one connected society. The growing inequality of wealth in the face of poverty, homelessness, and war, tells me we could be better to one another. The class based systems of yesterday are no longer needed. Open source software, cryptography, and game-theoretic incentive structures allow us the promise of a better future.

The Promise of Blockchain is Rules Without Rulers.

This needs to change. We all have a choice.

“Us” versus “Them” or WE

Divided we are conquered. Together we rise.

I choose to make tomorrow better by bringing together everyday people and the cutting-edge innovations that will shape their future.

I created the Disruption Joe brand because of my personal interest in disruptive technology. Disruption referring to the innovations that are changing the world. Joe because it is my name, but also because of the way it was used in political theater. “Joe the Plumber.” “Your everyday Joe.” Many people have heard the term “disruption” in relation to business and technology. Not many people have been told how to best prepare themselves to handle the changes these disruptive innovations will bring. Many people will be put out of work.

Education on technology and sustainability is vital to our pursuit of happiness.

Enterprises composed of many individuals often suffer from a misalignment of the goals of the individual and the goal of the organization. In the past we have struggled with this problem. We did not have the tools to keep undue influence from prevailing through collusion. Decentralization is about distributing power in a way that gives the individual the free choice to opt out of a corrupt system. Investment in this new technology will come from the great enterprises of our time. They will invest in the promise of saving time and costs, and they will leave behind a generation educated in practical application and development of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.

The lessons learned today will be applied en mass to the decentralized systems of tomorrow. Public blockchains will house the value that we assign to them. We will exercise our vote for governance by holding the currency we believe represents us as individuals. Our values will determine value. This digital evolution will guide our society in the direction of infinite sustainability.

This begins with educating the innovators and the enterprises on the benefits of blockchain technology. It begins with showing the world the power of collaboration. In doing so, we will decide the economy, politics, and purpose of future generations.

We will shape our own future.