2024-12-24T11:33:55-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/142920059/towards-a-decentralized-architecture-with-foam-the-blockchain Nicholas Korody 2015-12-09T20:26:00-05:00 >2019-12-27T10:31:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ay/ay596m2kst3x97xb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Decentralized computation, virtual machines, cryptocurrencies: these terms seem to linger in shadows, conjuring abstract images of the &ldquo;dark&rdquo; web that lurks beneath the glossy surface of the screen. Architecture may be becoming &ldquo;smart,&rdquo; but we still perceive its domain to be brickwork instead of the tangled fiber optic cables it obscures &ndash; the walls that physically enclose rather than the signals that pierce.</p>