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Multidisciplinary Aspects of Blockchain

Multidisciplinary Aspects of Blockchain is a different book on a fundamental digital technology under development and published in Dutch (hardcopy) and English (eBook) as part of a series of the Royal Dutch Society for Computer and Information Professionals. Blockchain, which reportedly changes society as the ultimate disruptor and most important invention after the introduction of the World Wide Web of Internet. Blockchain is a collective term for digital databases, which are distributed, mathematically-protected and chronological in nature.

Door admin|2024-02-17T06:32:39+00:00augustus 1, 2019|Article, Artikel, Engels, Nederlands|Reacties uitgeschakeld

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On scarcity and the blockchain

In an otherwise perfect interview on the importance of social innovation (that I wholly agree with and that I encourage everybody to read) Jaromil said something interesting about the use of blockchain to create scarcity in the digital realm.

With the blockchain the situation is paradoxically creating scarcity, because if I give you something I will not have it anymore, and I can’t spend it anymore. The blockchain creates for the first time a condition in which it will be possible to create a unique asset in the digital dimension.

Door admin|2024-07-25T14:41:29+00:00december 20, 2018|Article, Artikel, Engels, Nederlands|Reacties uitgeschakeld

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Blockcerts: Using blokchain for identity management is (mostly) ridiculous

I was invited to speak at the Bitcoin in Education (BCINED) conference held in Groningen, September 5, 2017. Topic of my presentation: “Blockchain & Identity: Why you should avoid the blockchain like the plague“. While listening to the morning keynotes, praising the many benefits of using blockchains in education and for managing (academic) credentials in particular, I realised my message might provide a very much needed counterpoint. The short summary: using blokchain for identity management is ridiculous.

Door admin|2024-09-30T09:09:34+00:00september 21, 2017|Article, Artikel, Engels, Nederlands|Reacties uitgeschakeld

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How blockchains could change the world

Ignore Bitcoin’s challenges. In this interview, Don Tapscott explains why blockchains, the technology underpinning the cryptocurrency, have the potential to revolutionize the world economy.

What impact could the technology behind Bitcoin have? According to Tapscott Group CEO Don Tapscott, blockchains, the technology underpinning the cryptocurrency, could revolutionize the world economy. In this interview with McKinsey’s Rik Kirkland, Tapscott explains how blockchains—an open-source distributed database using state-of-the-art cryptography—may facilitate collaboration and tracking of all kinds of transactions and interactions. Tapscott, coauthor of the new book Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World, also believes the technology could offer genuine privacy protection and “a platform for truth and trust.” An edited and extended transcript of Tapscott’s comments follows.

Door admin|2024-07-25T14:30:27+00:00januari 3, 2017|Article, Artikel, Engels, Nederlands|Reacties uitgeschakeld

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