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Meet Oasis Labs, the blockchain startup Silicon Valley is buzzing about | MIT Technology Review

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Combining software with something the company calls “trusted hardware” will vastly expand what smart contracts can do.

Meet Oasis Labs, the blockchain startup Silicon Valley is buzzing about | MIT Technology Review Skip to Content Blockchain computer programs are pretty smart—that’s why we call them smart contracts—but they’re also pretty weak. If they’re going to achieve many of the lofty, world-changing goals that blockchain proponents say they will, like revolutionize health care and the energy industry and give people back control of their personal data online, they’re going to need to be run in a whole new way. That’s where Dawn Song’ s new startup, Oasis Labs, comes in. This piece first appeared in our t

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