What's The Big Deal With Bitcoin? Like most good stories, the bitcoin saga begins with a creation myth. The open-source cryptocurrency protocol was published in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an anonymous developer (or group of bitcoin developers) hiding behind this alias. The true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto has not been revealed yet, although the concept traces its roots back to … [Read more...] about Blockchain Technology Explained: Powering Bitcoin
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How the Blockchain Will Change Social Networks
The blockchain is the new technology that people just can't stop seeming to talk about. It's staged to change everything, from currency to digital property to even social media and the attention economy. Some have even taken to calling it the second significant overlay on top of the Internet, aka the trust layer . William Mougayar's The Business Blockchain: Premise, Practice, … [Read more...] about How the Blockchain Will Change Social Networks
The Race is On: How Blockchain Will Change Governments
We are at a global crossing point and if we manage to solve some of the problems that we have created in the past decades, the world can become a better place. When the internet was developed 28 years ago, the objective was to create a decentralised internet. However, somehow, we ended up with an internet which is in the hands of a few very powerful companies. As a result, the … [Read more...] about The Race is On: How Blockchain Will Change Governments
Why AI is the Catalyst of IoT
Businesses across the world are rapidly leveraging the Internet-of-Things (#IoT) to create new products and services that are opening up new business opportunities and creating new business models. The resulting transformation is ushering in a new era of how companies run their operations and engage with customers. However, tapping into the IoT is only part of the story … [Read more...] about Why AI is the Catalyst of IoT
Five Skillsets Needed for Securing IoT Today
On October 21, 2016 a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack was launched that left customers of Amazon, Netflix, Twitter, and more without service, multiple times throughout the day. TechTarget reported that the attack was leveled against Dyn, a Domain Name System (DNS) provider that services those brands, along with many others. One of the contributing … [Read more...] about Five Skillsets Needed for Securing IoT Today
