Sentences with phrase «just as the blockchain»

But its energy expenditure is becoming clear just as the blockchain and cryptocurrencies are exploding into the mainstream.

Just as blockchain technology is shaking up the startup space, it's also revamping the way venture capital firms invest in emerging companies.

Thus, Antonopoulos emphasised once more that bitcoin can not be reduced to a blockchain, just as the blockchain technology can not be reduced to a record - keeping tool.

Not exact matches

Just recently, IBM has partnered up with food giants which include Nestle and Unilever, along with stores such as WalMart in order to implement Blockchain in an effort to reduce rising cases of food contamination.

Being able to erase transactions from the blockchain would destroy the integrity of the system, just as cash would have no value if I could make it disappear from your wallet after I gave it to you.

«But those ends are much more important than the means: there is no point deploying blockchain or a product marketed as blockchain just for the sake of it.»

As has become a familiar frustration to blockchain enthusiasts in recent days, Coinbase went offline at the worst possible time, just as extreme price swings in the cryptocurrencies made investors desperate to buy or selAs has become a familiar frustration to blockchain enthusiasts in recent days, Coinbase went offline at the worst possible time, just as extreme price swings in the cryptocurrencies made investors desperate to buy or selas extreme price swings in the cryptocurrencies made investors desperate to buy or sell.

Designing these applications to be attractive to women is also just good business, says Meltem Demirors, who recently left her post as a vice president at Digital Currency Group, a cryptocurrency - and blockchain - focused investment firm that she helped launch in 2015.

While human augmentation is just at the beginning of the innovation trigger phase of the Hype Cycle, complementary emerging technologies such as machine learning, blockchain, drones (commercial UAVs), software - defined security and brain - computer interfaces have moved significantly along the Hype Cycle since 2016.

Just as nobody forecast social networks, blogging or Netflix in the 1990s, the absence for now of any tangible applications other than bitcoin for the blockchain merely points to humankind's deficient imagination.

I just enjoyed geeking out with bitcoin as a side project because I was fascinated in the underlying blockchain + applied cryptography aspects of it.

Broken down further, Ethereum's smart contracts can be thought of as a vending machine, where instead of seeking out a lawyer, notary, or transcriptionist — just one of the industries blockchain technolog tackles — users spend their cryptocurrency (tokens) in exchange for a drafted contract, escrowed transaction, or other transactional function.

This implementation stage, which 2017 should represent, is a crucial step in the larger adoption of blockchain tech, as it will allow skeptics to see the functionality, rather than just hear of its promise.»

Blockchain, the bitcoin - linked software ledger that's touted as a way to speed up and simplify how transactions are recorded, just won the backing of finance and technology titans including IBM, Wells Fargo & Co. and London Stock Exchange Group Plc..

I put it to you that just as yesterday's ordinary consumers wouldn't use Linux, today's won't use Bitcoin and other blockchain apps, even if Bitcoin and the the other apps built atop blockchains are technically and politically amazing (which some are.)

«While we continue to believe in the value of mining equipment to the blockchain ecosystem, the purchase of these machines - which was negotiated as a no - risk option to the Company - was just one of the multiple strategic avenues we have been considering,» Shamyl Malik, head of the company's «Blockchain Strategy Committee,» said in a presblockchain ecosystem, the purchase of these machines - which was negotiated as a no - risk option to the Company - was just one of the multiple strategic avenues we have been considering,» Shamyl Malik, head of the company's «Blockchain Strategy Committee,» said in a presBlockchain Strategy Committee,» said in a press release.

Today, however, is the time to celebrate an historical, defining and monumental event in the digital currency space and perhaps the wider world as blockchain tech was advanced just a bit further, showing its full potential to improve the world while addressing the other edge of any tool that man has made.

But just under the surface, the world of blockchain technology is bubbling with disruptive innovators and big ideas, and, as a result, decentralized technology is only getting hotter.

Reports that Iran developed its own blockchain - based cryptocurrency also garnered some attention, as the news came just days after the country's central bank banned bitcoin trading amid escalating concerns on money - laundering and volatility of such digital coins.

Blockchain technologies can be used as a store of value, in trading and payment transactions, and to transfer and move money either domestically or international at a faster speed and a lower cost than the traditional financial institution or intermediary is able to — just to name a few use cases.

Venture capitalist William Mougayar calls blockchain «the second significant overlay on the internet, just as the web was the first layer back in 1990».

The IMF collected and compiled information about efforts by regulators and policymakers across the globe, but the organization seems just as uncertain as the rest of us regarding the future of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.

As with any unregulated asset class and the introduction of new technology, there has been a mass growth in blockchain tech, with companies looking at developing blockchain tech to deliver on just about everything transferrable.

They are just a few examples of how blockchain technology, combined with mobile as a transaction and exchange medium, are already breaking down price barriers to mining and profiting off of cryptocurrency, and consumers and developers in every country alike are paying attention.

«I am not observant that every cryptocoin is a scam, just as I'm not observant that every blockchain association is bullshit,» he said.

Just as no one owns email technology, no one can own Bitcoin or the technology that gives us the blockchain.

As bullish as I am about the future of blockchains, I do recognize that there is a small probability that they don't scale for transactions, either because the tech is not figured out or users demand just doesn't increase to the scale we hopAs bullish as I am about the future of blockchains, I do recognize that there is a small probability that they don't scale for transactions, either because the tech is not figured out or users demand just doesn't increase to the scale we hopas I am about the future of blockchains, I do recognize that there is a small probability that they don't scale for transactions, either because the tech is not figured out or users demand just doesn't increase to the scale we hope.

Some argue using a permission blockchain would help as it would only allow a few people to fully access the records, but the possibility of having a government official (or just the regular public) know how an individual vote goes against the premise of free and fair elections.

Sidechains are new blockchains which are backed by Bitcoins, via Bitcoin contracts, just as dollars and pounds used to be backed by cold hard gold.

«Just as the Internet threw up Amazon to take away its peer - to - peer marketplace focus without us really noticing, so blockchain will likely throw up really useful enabling platforms that will take a cut in return for the service,» Holloway writes.

As Bitland plans to work with governments around the world to register land titles on the OpenLedger blockchain, the ecosystem will represent not just smart contracts, but smart cities too.

This week also, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission echoed the earlier views of the US's SEC by saying that blockchain - based currencies were securities and as such an ICO likely needed to be regulated just as a corporate undergoing an IPO would need to be.

The Harvard Business Review has just identified «blockchains» as one of their eight top technology trends to watch out for in 2016, concluding that they «will disrupt entire industries».

Likewise, just as we (and any other legitimate business) may profit from the sale of our own products or services, we may also profit from the sale of others» products or services (like any retailer) at Bitland Blockchain Land Registry in Ghana.

First, just always operate from the position that any website proprietor, including us at Bitland Blockchain Land Registry in Ghana, will have a material connection to the product or service provider, and may be compensated as a result of your purchase, unless expressly stated otherwise.

They will allow less mercenary «pay to play» environments, let developers control what functions have to be paid for, and just as you don't directly pay every website you visit to run its webservers and send digital signals to your browser, not every application running on a third generation blockchain platform will nickel and dime users for every little operation.

Just as it has led in the business of healthcare, Nashville has also set out to become the blockchain capital of the world.

This comprehensive, encompassing, energy efficient blockchain solution is what will catapult 4NEW to become a one stop shop just as Apple Inc has become in our lives.

As put forward by developers and entrepreneurs, the world's second - largest blockchain just isn't ready to handle the buying, trading and mating of the crypto felines en masse.

The smart contract model based on the Ethereum Blockchain allows XWIN token holders to engage in trading activities as well - not just sports betting.

Google started testing blockchain in its cloud at least as far back as 2016, and it's organized lectures on cryptocurrencies and related technologies just a few weeks ago.

This has become apparent as BitPay, the largest global blockchain payment provider, just closed its $ 40 million extended Series B funding round.

Just as businesses find value in use of the blockchain, tax agencies should also find efficiencies in terms of security and assurance if their records are maintained with this technology.

Just as roads can take you to all different kinds of places, blockchains can be used for diverse ends.

Soon after, the story started breaking around the web that Agora, as the only company in the world with a fully - functional blockchain voting platform, had just run the first blockchain - based election for Sierra Leone.

Blockchain technology has the potential to transform healthcare services just as it's doing within the finance sector.

Effectively, as CoinTelegraph writes, we can use blockchains to «turn in - game items and currency into unique crypto assets that can suddenly be owned just like real - life objects are.»

The working group will emphasize that the assets are just as important as the technology, providing participants the environment they need to stay on top of the latest developments in public Blockchain networks.»

As a friendly reminder, just two months ago Blockchain released the Thunder Network, which is designed to facilitate secure, trustless, and instant payments.

Just as no one owns email technology, no one can own Bitcoin or the technology that gives us the blockchain.