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Fit and value: The business case for blockchain

O'Reilly

Blockchains have a uniquely tumultuous early history for an enterprise technology—from a mysterious origin story, to a sensational first application in bitcoin, to a swift fall from a particularly frothy hype cycle. Blockchain technology provides the encrypted distributed ledger that made the first cryptocurrency, bitcoin, possible.

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Call for Code asks developers worldwide to collaborate on solutions to save lives

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Large groups of people are left without water, electricity, or other basic systems that sustain life. They’ve identified six areas where technology can make a real difference in disaster preparedness: blockchain, artificial intelligence, logistics, data science, sensor data processing, and visual recognition.

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