The @bankofengland is the 1st central bank exploring
their use of blockchain tech.
There were several other excellent sessions, including a talk on how Sweden's Land Registry is making
use of blockchain tech to enable a more secure transfer of property ownership.
Artificial Lawyer doesn't often present standalone videos, but given the huge interest at the moment in smart contracts and
the use of blockchain tech in the legal world, sharing this video by Agrello about how their platform will work seems appropriate.
Other lawmakers are trying to block what can and can not be tracked... including another Arizona bill that would largely prohibit
the use of blockchain tech to track firearms.
Secure and immutable receipts accompany every transaction to ensure full transparency though
the use of Blockchain tech.
One of the top corporate credit ratings providers believes it's too early for
the use of blockchain tech to be a factor in its analysis.
Deloitte and DNV GL, one of the world's largest classification societies, are taking non-financial
uses of blockchain tech into uncharted waters.
The release comes amid a long - running process of establishing regulatory boundaries for
the use of blockchain tech within the U.K. crown dependency.
Both Swanson and Breitman contend that the research helps position R3 as a thought leader in the space, as well as a collaborator across an industry in which all members are working to solve difficult challenges related to
the use of blockchain tech.
CoinDesk Deloitte and DNV GL, one of the world's largest classification societies, are taking non-financial
uses of blockchain tech into uncharted waters.
Not exact matches
The musician — real name Jayceon Terell Taylor — is sitting on the advisory board
of Paragon, a
tech firm that hopes to
use the
blockchain to shake up the marijuana market.
The advantages
of blockchain tech can be
used by the people
of Catalonia to secede from Spain where it matters most: information, finance and governance.
And in June
of last year, Comcast announced that marketers could make ad buys
using blockchain tech.
IP.Gold maximizes monetization
of IP addresses
using blockchain technology ZUG, April 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)--
Tech Bureau Europe S.A, a fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company today announced COMSA will launch its new COMSA Global software...
The point is that
blockchains have a multitude
of uses and represent a dynamic growth area within
tech.
You can
use techs like
blockchain to reduce the risk
of tampering with individual bulletins, but even that offers little protection if bulletins get tampered with wholesale - e.g. on the fly as they are cast, or by overwriting all votes before the counting.
Most people are familiar with bitcoin and wary
of its somewhat anarchic roots, but Ripple is one
blockchain tech backed by banking stalwarts... and it is already being
used.
Bitcoin Headlines — The
Blockchain Will Do to Banks and Law Firms What the Internet Did to Media; Bitcoin Projects on Github Surpass 10,000; Bitstamp Partners with Banking Giant for Bitcoin Investment On - Ramp; Bitcoin Startup Align Raises $ 24 Million, Rebrands as Veem; A South Korean Province
Used Blockchain Tech for Resident Voting; Cash vs Gold vs Bitcoin; Will the Internet
of Things Need Its Own
Blockchain; Law Firms Woo London's Fintech Scene and Chinese Exchanges to Resume Bitcoin Withdrawals Pending Regulator Approval.
Rocky suggests that regulators may be lenient towards cryptocurrencies to give banks chance «to benefit from the free innovations offered by the open - source community» but when
blockchain tech is integrated into the banking system, the
use of open
blockchains may be restricted.
Blockchain tech is causing a massive rethink in how the internet can be
used across all sorts
of applications — from social...
Blockchain tech is causing a massive rethink in how the internet can be
used across all sorts
of applications — from social networking, to financial transactions, to establishing binding contracts, and more.
Etherparty Smart Contracts Inc., a Vancouver
blockchain tech company, is now accepting applications for its Rocket Three for Free contest, which will offer three projects or startups the opportunity to win full
use of Etherparty's new cryptocurrency crowdfunding platform, Rocket, free
of charge.
30 the largest companies from sectors including
tech and finance have joined to form an alliance to allow easier
use of the
blockchain enterprise...
Do you think an easy to
use platform like Fabric Token will help spur the adoption
of blockchain tech and smart contracts?
Wieck added that Dubai is leading the world in
blockchain adoption as its recent policies mandated the research and development
of ways to
use blockchain tech in different areas.
The parent company
of beer maker Anheuser - Busch has taken part in a
blockchain pilot in a bid to test the
tech for global shipping
uses.
Though the report did not go into the specifics
of how government agencies may improve their functions by
using blockchain tech, the paper's authors peppered references throughout on how
blockchain could reduce paperwork burdens, and prevent errors in data.
Other companies within industries in Russia, Japan, and Tunisia are all planning on
using or already in stages
of integrating bitcoin and
blockchain tech into their ecosystem.
While there are plenty
of techno - geeks who think it's cool to play around with various cryptocurrencies and
blockchain - related projects, Bitcoin seems to be the only
blockchain system that has seen
use outside
of those who are
tech - savvy.
«If you don't own the private keys, you don't own the coin,» says Jonathan Smith, the chief technology officer
of Civic, a company that
uses blockchain tech for identity verification.
While banks have been busy performing experiments with
blockchain tech, London product consultancy firm Zerado has already built a prototype for an access control system
using blockchain, NFC and Internet
of Things (IoT).
Blockchain provides all the benefits
of using modern technology without blindly trusting the
tech oligopoly with your decisions, health data and whereabouts.
Northern Trust, one
of the biggest banks in the US, is partnering with the accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, one
of the «Big Four» accounting firms, to enable large - scale adoption
of its private equity funds platform that has been built
using blockchain tech.
The issue is that people are abstracting the
blockchain tech AND trying to
use it as a solution to solve alternate problems, because
using it to solve the movement
of funds without banks is a dirty notion to the banks and the finance establishment.
In addition to seeking more efficient ways
of voting
using blockchain tech, Singer says a proof -
of - concept is currently being tested for an undisclosed application that, if successful, could eventually help connect the US and Canada.
The comments are largely in line with recent developments
of the two internet firms, as Baidu and Tencent have both recently launched
blockchain - as - a-service platforms in order to facilitate companies that seek to develop applications
using the
tech.
In addition, a robust economic analysis
of blockchain tech implementation inside supply chains reveals an end - to - end win - win scenario where services are leaner and thus less costly operationally — and in terms
of overhead, the innovative potential
of businesses along the supply chain is drastically increased in the presence
of highly robust employee training programs on
blockchain usage and
use case implementation.
Infoteria Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), a subsidiary
of Infoteria Corporation (Headquarters, Tokyo; Founder and CEO: Yoichiro Hirano; hereinafter «Infoteria») and
Tech Bureau Corporation (Headquarter: Osaka City, Osaka; President: Takao Asayama; hereinafter «
Tech Bureau») successfully transferred the loan and deposit account data in the main system
of BC Finance, one
of the largest microfinance institutions in Myanmar», to «mijin» * 1, the private
Blockchain * 2placed on Microsoft Azure * 3
using ASTERIA WARP * 4 and «mijin» adapters * 5.
In an effort to show the potential
of the technology beyond its applications in cryptocurrency, the Redmond giant has announced plans to
use blockchain tech as the foundation for storing and processing digital identity data.
A web - based application leveraging the Ethereum
blockchain, EQUI showcases the ideas
of high
tech innovators and entrepreneurs and allows community members to invest,
using / EQUI tokens to acquire a stake, according to the company's statement.
In addition to its
uses for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, the Windows - maker concludes that
blockchain tech is well - suited for a number
of other applications.
In the Bitcoin news — Georgian Minister
of Justice and other government agencies are already planning on inserting real estate documents to its
Blockchain network; India - based Axis Bank will soon begin leveraging distributed ledger
tech; Indonesian authorities say they have evidence that Islamic State (IS) militants are
using online money services such as PayPal and bitcoin to send money to domestic operatives; Kickstarter - backed Board Game Bitcoin Empire Ships; After announcing its move away from Bitcoin to focus on international fiat transfers, Circle received harsh criticism from cryptocurrency users, who accused the company
of doing a U-turn on its USP; Interest in «Bitcoin» according to Google search data shows that the the world's hedge fund capital tops all other places in the Tri-State area.
Technically speaking, BitShares 2.0 is a high -
tech, decentralized,
blockchain based platform which allows to create highly efficient financial smart contracts for all areas
of economic activity that are
used in the global internet space to provide services.
Masters who joined Digital Asset Holdings - a startup that
uses blockchain tech to enhance the settlement
of traditional and digital assets - as CEO in March spoke about her new advisory role.
IBM
Blockchain is based on the Hyperledger Project, an open source collaboration
of 100 member companies (including Intel, IBM, J.P. Morgan, Hitachi, Cisco, VMware, and Fujitsu, to name a few) focused on developing
Blockchain tech specifically for business
use.
Fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company
Tech Bureau noted that that Japan's first online bank, Japan Net Bank, Limited is testing
blockchain technology integrations
using mijin and Hyperledger and has initiated a proof -
of - concept project to evaluate to utilize the cryptocurrencies for paperless contract administration, scheduled to be... Read More
A lead has been taken by State Bank
of India in bringing
tech companies and lenders together to share information amongst banks and
use blockchain technology which is expected to help them in tackling bad loans and preventing frauds.
In Polychain's view, cryptocurrency - powered social media is going to be a very important
use case for
blockchain technology - and Zurrer believes Kik stands to capitalize on it by bringing a large cohort
of young users to the
tech for the first time.
Blockchain as a
tech solution will be
used to solve specific problems rather than to create some kind
of global nirvana - like internet.
We've all heard
of recording land title - deeds on the
blockchain as an amazing
use - case for digital currencies and
blockchain tech, but what else is out there?