In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, blockchain technologies and
public distributed ledgers brought about a new framework within which it seemed possible to more efficiently and fairly coordinate (economic) social activity on a scale transcending geographic borders, cultural barriers and confidence - eroded institutional jurisdictions.
One of the biggest issues with the current state of blockchain development, according to Hedera, has been the absence of true decentralization
in public distributed ledgers.
These transactions are verified by network nodes through the use of cryptography and recorded in
a public distributed ledger called a block - chain.
Here, the government will have to determine if it is best for them to act as a facilitator for a private or
public distributed ledger.
In a patent application published Thursday, TD Bank outlined how it could use
a public distributed ledger to help point - of - sale computers track transactions.
According to a United States Patent Application made public on March 29th, North American banking giant The Toronto - Dominion Bank is interesting in using
a public distributed ledger to help track transactions via point - of - sale computers.
However, unlike its competitor, SSX believes that the future belongs to
public distributed ledgers.
It has the potential to bring together the vast amount of property information currently stored in many private and government databases, including all legal and transaction history, via a single digital address stored on an immutable,
public distributed ledger.