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Being a forum for blockchain ideas
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Reporting is no mine, though. I’ll reproduce some insights from Pavel Kravchenko, a smart PhD founder of Distributed Labs whom I was introduced to by Dave Birch. Pavel has just returned from a trip t...