Blockchain has the potential to revolutionise the way we leverage trust and even the way we think about trust. It is a fundamental good. While largely intangible, it is key to the functioning of practically every meaningful interaction in society. We tend to think of trust concerning businesses, banking, relationships and finance since the necessity of trust in these areas is … [Read more...] about Blockchain and Trust: Advantages of a Decentralised System
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Top Five Things You Need to Know about Cryptocurrency Wallets
The term cryptocurrency is gaining impetus in recent times. While most of the individuals might think that cryptocurrency wallets are merely the digital forms of a real, physical wallet, there is much more to the overall concept of cryptocurrency wallet that you should know about. Quite contrary to the common notion, cryptocurrency wallets are not used for storing … [Read more...] about Top Five Things You Need to Know about Cryptocurrency Wallets
Why Blockchain is Quickly Becoming the Gold Standard for Supply Chains
Global supply chains are complex processes. Different companies, with distinctive objectives, are working together to achieve a common goal; to bring something from A to B. For a supply chain to work, partners have to trust each other. To do so, there are multiple checks-and-balances, extensive documents and different checkpoints all interacting in a web of bureaucratic … [Read more...] about Why Blockchain is Quickly Becoming the Gold Standard for Supply Chains
From Preventing Evidence Tampering to Crucial Weapons Systems: Applications of Blockchain in Security
Since the creation of the Bitcoin, engineers have been working on finding ways to implement the technology behind it into other sectors. The blockchain technology is something that can easily be implemented into anything. These applications range from the financial sector, health, military, government, etc. Even though this technology was initially intended to be used in the … [Read more...] about From Preventing Evidence Tampering to Crucial Weapons Systems: Applications of Blockchain in Security
Why the Internet has a Problem
A decentralised web was how the web was originally envisioned, but somehow in the past 25 years, it ended up in the hands of a few very powerful companies. As Sir Tim Berners-Lee said during the Decentralised Web Summit in 2016: The web was designed to be decentralised so that everybody could participate by having their own domain and having their own webserver and this hasn't … [Read more...] about Why the Internet has a Problem
