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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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5 industries that demonstrate how blockchains go beyond finance

O'Reilly

Although blockchain technology is still in its early days, momentum has been building in the enterprise. While there has been much focus on blockchains in banking and payments, its impact has already extended far beyond finance. When a land title changes hands, it would be verified via the blockchain, and recorded again.

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Database Technology in a Blockchain World

VoltDB

It’s just about official—blockchain has taken over the world. Or, to be more accurate, the idea of blockchain has taken over the world. become Long Blockchain Corp. and Kodak revive itself with blockchain aspirations. Even still, the ecosystem of blockchain projects is quickly filling up.

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Database Technology in a Blockchain World

VoltDB

It’s just about official—blockchain has taken over the world. Or, to be more accurate, the idea of blockchain has taken over the world. become Long Blockchain Corp. and Kodak revive itself with blockchain aspirations. Even still, the ecosystem of blockchain projects is quickly filling up.

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AnyLog: a grand unification of the Internet of things

The Morning Paper

Micropayments require an environment of trust, and in a decentralised context that leads us to blockchains. There are five different types of member in an AnyLog system, and any network node can join without restriction as any type of member. But there’s one critical difference – AnyLog has an integral micropayments system.

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Strategies for Digital Yuan Success: Byte Banking Brilliance

Tech News Gather

This digital currency aims to modernize the nation’s payment systems and reduce reliance on cash. Its adoption is facilitated by the backing of the government, its legal status as a form of legal tender, and its integration into existing financial systems. It was officially launched in 2020 in several pilot cities across China.

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Washed Up

Alex Russell

The politics of blockchain proponents have led them to explicitly reject the foundational protocols and technical underpinnings of the web. "web3" DNS , the "Domain Name System" that allows servers running at opaque and forgettable IP addresses to be found at friendlier names, like infrequently.org.