Following a State Street report published last week on the long -
term value of blockchain and other technologies, the bank's executive vice president of global exchange, Lou Maiuri, elaborated on how his group is experimenting with new ways to capitalize on blockchain tech.
Not exact matches
People who believe in the long -
term value of the Ethereum
blockchain might actually approach the digital asset as a security — though they don't possess any voting rights or a formal investment contract.
Blockchain could also facilitate the growth
of services such as AirBnB where people can exchange real estate assets for monetary
value over a short
term.
Because
of distributed consensus, attempted alteration
of the
blockchain by a malicious node in
terms of the time
value will be detected by honest nodes.»
For those
of us that have done our homework, for those
of us that are bullish on the long -
term utility
of blockchain technology and for those
of us that believe there is considerable future
value for digital assets, Santa has come early.
The crypto /
blockchain space is moving so fast who knows where we'll be in a year, and I've no idea where Bitcoin will end up (in
terms of its
value vs. the dollar), but I definitely like Kryptonite 1's investment strategy, particularly the specific & pretty unique exposure it offers to the sector.
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.
Furthermore, significant changes in the
value of a cryptocurrency also preclude consumer loans on the
blockchain, prediction markets, derivatives and long -
term smart contracts that require price stability.
Assia indicated that such use cases, in his opinion, are key to bitcoin gaining long -
term value, arguing that any alternative use
of the bitcoin
blockchain, in turn, makes it more valuable.
Another key point made by Lombrozo during the panel discussion was that different players in the Bitcoin ecosystem desire different features in the protocol; for example, long -
term holders may not care as much about $ 10 on - chain transaction fees as those who have built businesses around the use
of the
blockchain for coffee purchases or other low -
value transactions.
If you're still wondering about the potential
of blockchains in dollar
terms, the World Economic Forum predicts that 10 percent
of the world's GDP will be stored with
blockchain tech in 10 years» time — representing a $ 7.8 trillion
value in today's prices.
A big part
of that was a long -
term bet on
blockchain and digital currency technology, which we thought held the potential to provide the missing layer
of protocols needed for open
value exchange.»
«In the years to come, we expect the vast majority
of issued digitized tokens to use the ACCoin system, much in the same way that the majority
of Blockchain applications currently use Ether,» explains Lin, «so by anchoring both Bitcoin and Ether in the A-SDR, we are actually adding
value to these coins for the future, as they will finally be able to be quantified in
terms of a «basket» bound to real things.»
A bit
of a political
term, it's meant to describe what happens when a
blockchain splits in two, as users suddenly have equal
value on both
blockchains.
For Bitcoin, perhaps the most well - known incarnation
of blockchain, the
value of the balances within the ledger is defined in
terms of money.