Blockchain Observations

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Romal Almazo

WHY DOES BLOCKCHAIN MATTER?

Arguably the technology of the decade, blockchain continues to be met with hype and cynicism in equal measure. Indeed, New York University recently offered its students the opportunity to major in

13 Oct 2018
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Trade Finance towards Blockchain

Blockchain – the BUZZ word that’s been going around for a few years now, but what exactly is it? Blockchain is just one form of the “Distributed Ledger” technology. To rephrase, “All Blockchain platfo...

09 Oct 2018
Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Blockchain versus GDPR and who should adjust most

It has now been more than four months since the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (hereafter GDPR) came into effect. This regulation aims to strengthen privacy and personal data protec...

09 Oct 2018
Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Red Belly Blockchain: solving the scalability issue?

In an earlier blog (“Blockchain is looking for Scale: a Balancing Act, Part I + II, 18 June 2018) I showed how the blockchain world was trying to solve the scalability issue. There I concluded tha...

02 Oct 2018
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Decentralization teardown

A decentralised peer-to-peer system sounds exciting, but does it really work that way when it comes to blockchain in general and cryptocurrencies in particular? “The beginning of wisdom is the definit...

25 Sep 2018
Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Komgo: Dutch banks going blockchain for commodities trade finance

Trade finance is one of the most crowded areas for blockchain-based projects. In one of my earlier blogs I gave an overview of them (see my blog: “Blockchain for Trade Finance: a network business”, 23...

25 Sep 2018
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Uber now runs on blockchain

Using a decentralised blockchain architecture based on the advanced Chandra–Toueg consensus algorithm, Uber can now cut through the Byzantine complexity of booking a ride by connecting drivers and pas...

24 Sep 2018
Vinod Sharma

Blockchain: The Strong Backbone for Businesses

What is Blockchain Technology? How one blockchain can have Infinite possibilities & opportunities in hand in this red ocean market world. Total Reading Time – 7-8 Minutes Some background Blo...

22 Sep 2018
Chris Brown

Cryptocurrencies: where to from here?

Cryptocurrencies have shown the world a new way of paying for goods and transferring money using an international currency unconstrained by national boundaries and national politics. A new democratise...

20 Sep 2018
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Pain but no gain

Whilst it is easy to “mourn” the loss of US$600bn in cryptocurrencies “value”, let’s pause there for a second. All the money in the world is backed by nothing but “full faith and credit” of the gover...

18 Sep 2018
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The fallacy of 51 percent

I’ve covered decentralization in my previous post. It is also important to understand another related fallacy – consensus. Consensus is the foundation of any blockchain protocol which makes the “decen...

16 Sep 2018
Priya Lakshmi

Rebirth of the Digital Twin: with Blockchain

I am a huge Apple fan and this year’s launch of Watch Series 4 (I am sold, goodbye Fitbit!) and its huge focus on health (with fall sensor and ECG on your wrist!) made me think how these innovations a...

14 Sep 2018

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