Chapter 1 what is Blockchain? Basically, Blockchain is a system created essentially for the running of cryptocurrencies. Wikipedia defines a cryptocurrency as a digital asset that works as a medium of exchange and uses cryptography to secure all transactions and to control the creation of additional units of the currency. An example of such cryptocurrencies is the bitcoin. In this article, we will understand the following: • Basic meaning of blockchain • What it comprises of • How it works • What it is used for • And its benefits. Basic Meaning of Blockchains: Basically, blockchains are a distributed database of records or public ledger of all transactions or digital events that have been executed and shared across a network…
“How the blockchain technologies may impact the business models for tourism and events in the next decade”. Nowadays modern technology allows people to communicate instantly with the use of voice and video calls, emails and messages that travel from one device to another. Communication is usually done by maintaining trust in one another without the presence of a third party, no matter how far they could be. But when a communication between two points requires a transaction, then the procedures…
Do you really need Blockchain? There a few skeptics out there thinking some businesses are rushing towards this new technology too quickly. So, before you suffer the same fate as them, analyze some key reasons why block chain may not be for you. It’s easy to pack your bags and book a one-way ticket on the Blockchain hype train. Venture capitalists all over the world are pouring millions into startups focusing on the technology, and news outlets are claiming it to be the harbinger of a new…
economic crimes during the period of the survey(PwC, 2014b). Internet revolution has enticed us to get more in-depth information on a particular subject, with cost no cost. The technology in Bitcoin exhibited programmable trust without relying on a powerful central monitoring authority. The Bitcoin blockchain has revealed its ability to offer a single source of truth that can be shared among all parties(Bogart & Rice, 2015).…
Once a full node connects to peers, firstly it will try to construct blockchain fully. If it is a completely new node and has no blockchain at all from the previous, it only knows one block, called the genesis block, which is statically embedded in the client software. Starting with block #0 (the initial block), the genesis block, the new node will have to download many many (almost thousands) blocks to synchronize with the network and re-establish the full block‐ chain. The process of…
The strategic move of the group of banks was to formulate partnership/consortiums of banks which participate in the technological battle. These financial services pioneers especially from banking industry have already formulated a consortium of banks to lead developing blockchain technology for the use cases for in the banking industry. The technological group consolidation have fin-tech companies (new era players) are on one side and big banks consortiums on other end to serve future financial…
Blockchain is a shared, distributed ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a business network [1]. It is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but can be applied to everything of value. Once the information is entered in Blockchain it cannot be erased, modified or tampered with. Everyone in the network will be able to write data/perform transactions but cannot modify…
When they say selecting a digital wallet is easy, they are actually right. It all boils down to knowing what you want out of your digital wallet. There are hundreds of options for a reason, but today, let us examine some of the two heavy hitters in the game. Coinbase and Blockchain Wallet are great for a variety of reasons, but if you really want to see which one is best for your situation, keep reading. BLOCKCHAIN WALLET FEATURES VS. COINBASE The key to Blockchain Wallet's popularity is…
The blockchain will also disrupt the real estate industry in the way documents are stored and filed. With the security that blockchain promotes it would be easier and a no brainer to store important documents on the blockchain platform to allow faster access for retrieval. Additionally.the storage of documents would not only store the titles but also documents such as "list of repairs and refurbishments and projected costs associated with owning and running the home" (Oparah, 2016). While the…
we will go through the introduction of blockchain, In the 3rd Section, we will see how blockchain protects personal data, Enhances Data integrity, Traceability and Non-repudiation, how it mitigates DDOS attack and how virtual machine orchestration security is provided by Blockchain. In the 4th section, we will find out some security issues in blockchains like…