diff --git a/notes/fintech-incrementalism-and-responsible-innovation.md b/notes/fintech-incrementalism-and-responsible-innovation.md index a200349..8b7ac68 100644 --- a/notes/fintech-incrementalism-and-responsible-innovation.md +++ b/notes/fintech-incrementalism-and-responsible-innovation.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Rufus and Stephen 'steel man' the “fintech incrementalism” position, identif ## Fintech Incrementalism * What is 'fintech'? - * fintech = financial technology. New technology that seeks to improve and automate the delivery and use of financial services + * fintech = financial technology. New technology that seeks to improve and automate the delivery and use of financial services. * The central thesis of the fintech incrementalist position is that crypto assets, blockchain, or fintech more broadly, is a force for effecting change in financial services and building a more stable, efficient and transparent economy. * “The blockchain meme” as a catalyst for building better market infrastructure and “how the enterprise software sausage actually gets made”. * A lot of legitimate [real time gross settlement systems](../concepts/rtgs.md), to first approximation, look something like an append-only ledger that batches transactions via a consensus algorithm. The difference is they’re not trying to reinvent [money](../concepts/money.md) from first principles.