Entries by Bryant Nielson

Building Tomorrow’s Workforce: Web3 Education in Academic Institutions

How centuries-old academic institutions are attempting to teach revolutionary decentralized technologies, because nothing says “disrupting traditional hierarchies” like a formal curriculum committee approval process In a delightful twist of institutional irony, universities worldwide are scrambling to integrate Web3 education into their curricula, despite the fact that blockchain technology fundamentally challenges the centralized authority structures that […]

Enterprise Blockchain Adoption: A Certification-First Approach

How Fortune 500 companies discovered that implementing revolutionary decentralized technology requires surprisingly traditional approaches to talent management and project planning In a development that would surprise absolutely no one familiar with corporate technology adoption patterns, large enterprises have discovered that successfully implementing blockchain technologies requires actual expertise rather than enthusiastic PowerPoint presentations and blockchain-themed team […]

From Traditional Tech to Web3: A Career Transition Guide

A comprehensive roadmap for technology professionals ready to abandon the comfortable predictability of centralized systems for the thrilling uncertainty of decentralized everything You’ve decided to leave behind the mundane world of traditional software development—where databases actually stay consistent and transactions can be reversed when things go wrong—for the exhilarating realm of Web3 technologies. Welcome to […]

The Economics of Web3 Certification

A quantitative analysis of why understanding “digital money with extra steps” has become surprisingly lucrative for everyone involved In a development that would make traditional economists reach for their strongest coffee, the business case for Web3 certification has become remarkably compelling—and surprisingly quantifiable. What began as an industry where people paid real money to learn […]

ISO 17024 Standards in Web3: Setting the Gold Standard for Blockchain Certifications

How international standards are bringing order to the Wild West of blockchain credentials—because even decentralized technologies need some centralized quality control In a delicious twist of irony that would make Alanis Morissette proud, the decentralized world of Web3 has discovered it desperately needs centralized standards to validate its certification programs. Enter ISO 17024, the international […]

The Future of Work: Why Web3 Certifications Matter More Than Ever

How the decentralized economy is reshaping career paths—and why your LinkedIn profile desperately needs more blockchain buzzwords Remember when having a computer science degree and knowing Python was enough to land a comfortable tech job? Those halcyon days of simple skill requirements appear to be over. Welcome to 2025, where your career prospects now depend […]