Opinion by: Margaret Rosenfeld, chief legal officer of Everstake
At the dawn of the internet in the late 1990s, technology outpaced regulation — and lawyers, engineers and policymakers had to learn together in real-time. Some regulators saw the internet as a threat, others as a challenge.
The ones who made the most significant difference, however, were those willing to engage directly with how the technology worked. That kind of engagement — technical fluency, not technophobia — enabled the internet to evolve from fringe novelty to familiar…