A brief intro to cryptocurrency and blockchain by Andreas Antonopoulos , an author, speaker and educator.
What are Blockchain Forks?
You may have heard of the expressions ‘hard forking’ and ‘soft forking.’ But what do they mean in the context of cryptocurrencies? How do changes get made to pre-existing conditions on blockchains? Why are there so many different versions of Bitcoin? In this guide, we go over the creation of Bitcoin Cash, and the main differences between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.
Blockchain in the Global Supply Chain
Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize trade. This short video outlines how HSBC completed a trade transaction across two independently built blockchain platforms – merging the financial with the physical logistics of trade.
The Explainer: The Truth About Blockchain
True blockchain-led transformation of business and government is still many years away. That’s because blockchain is not a “disruptive” technology, which can attack a traditional business model with a lower-cost solution and overtake incumbent firms quickly. Blockchain is a foundational technology: It has the potential to create new foundations for our economic and social systems. But while the impact will be enormous, it will take decades for blockchain to seep into our economic and social infrastructure. The process of adoption will be gradual and steady, not sudden, as waves of technological and institutional change gain momentum.
‘Blockchain has Tremendous Potential in the Market,’ Says The Chair of the CFTC
Christopher Giancarlo, chairman at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, talks about the potential for blockchain and digital currencies.
AdTech in Blockchain
Matt Hrushka, from Kochava, speaks about how blockchain technology is being deployed in digital advertising. Kochava is the industry leader for mobile app attribution and mobile app analytics. They enable top brands to harness their data for growth.
Example: Supply-Chain Blockchain
This brief video by Oracle depicts a food supply chain using blockchain to drive innovation, accelerate business and reduce cost and risk.
How Blockchain Went From Bitcoin To Big Business | Forbes
Big businesses are moving into blockchain in parallel with the decline of the prices of cryptocurrencies.
However, enterprises want permissioned or “invitation only” types of blockchains, instead of permissionless and open to anyone. IN other words, blockchains can be established within different level of privacy and control.
A blockchain benefit that is desired by these companies is how it facilitates proving that something has been moved from one destination from another. The idea is to make supply chains more transparent , which can help identify the source of problems when they arise.
Additionally, blockchains can help to streamline supply lines and reduce middlemen.
What is a Dapp?
What are Dapps? Imagine having your car working away, transporting passengers while you’re at work. Imagine having your computer utilizing its spare capacity to serve businesses and people across the globe. Imagine being paid for browsing the web and taking ownership of your, arguably invaluable, attention.
Imagine a world like that.
That world is not far away.
A paradigm shift in the way we view software models is approaching. When Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, made us reassess our definition of Store of Value (SoV), it also revealed a sneak peek of the future: a world running on decentralized applications (Dapps). These distributed, resilient, transparent and incentivized applications will prove themselves to the world by remapping the technological landscape.
What is an ICO?
What is An Initial Coin Offering? ICOs are basically blockchain crowdsales, the cryptocurrency version of crowdfunding. The ICOs have been truly revolutionary and have managed to accomplish many amazing tasks: They have provided the simplest path by which DAPP developers can get the required funding for their project. Anyone can become invested in a project they are interested in by purchasing the tokens of that particular DAPP and become a part of the project themselves.