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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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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" Accessing these files cannot have any notion of privacy attached because the architecture of decentralisation choosen by "web3" systems eschews trust in one's transport layer.

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Expanding the Cloud: Introducing the AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region

All Things Distributed

Rapid economic growth in India is creating several business opportunities such as distributed ledger technology with blockchains that could drive efficiencies in the real estate market, Fin-Tech innovations such as P2P mobile apps that have the power to change the social economic lives of people through financial inclusion, applying the sharing economy (..)

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Database Resolutions for 2018

VoltDB

And It isn’t restricted to financial institutions; fraudsters all over the world are figuring out how to make money illegally across a wide range of industries like telco, adtech, transportation, utilities, government, healthcare, and retail. Prepare for the Future.

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Database Resolutions for 2018

VoltDB

And It isn’t restricted to financial institutions; fraudsters all over the world are figuring out how to make money illegally across a wide range of industries like telco, adtech, transportation, utilities, government, healthcare, and retail. Prepare for the Future.

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Tokenized Roadways and Micropayments: Bitcoin and the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

Tech News Gather

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the convergence of blockchain and autonomous vehicles promises to reshape the way we perceive transportation. Blockchain technology, known for its decentralized ledger system and secure transaction capabilities, is finding new applications in various industries.

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Top 9 web development trends to expect in 2022

Enprowess

Blockchain Technology. Use in traffic systems: Using IoT technology, delivery, traffic or transportation tracking, asset tracking, inventory control, customer management, and individual order tracking can be more cost-effective with the right tracking system. Blockchain Technology. Single Page Applications (SPAs). Immutability.