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New Decade of 3D Printing

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New Decade of 3D Printing

Difficult to believe it's been 10 years since I wrote the article "3D Printing in 2012 and beyond".  It would not be feasible to come close to covering everything that has changed within the industry let a lone the world at large.

Arguably the most important topic for business ignored in the aforementioned article is Bitcoin and its questionable sidekick cryptocurrency.  In  fairness Bitcoin was only 3 years old in 2012, and worth around $5 to $10 a coin.

Unfortunately there has yet to be a meaningful impact on 3D printing and manufacturing in general.  This of course is expected to change. 

There are quite a few tokens that have the potential to in some way cross paths with 3D Printing (for better or for worse).  In the last two years there has been a notable uptick in the amount of articles available with both Printing and Blockchain in them.

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