Blockchain

Blockchain is resistant to modification of the data. It is "an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way.

By design, a blockchain is resistant to modification of the data. It is "an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way".

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Loyalty Programs, The Blockchain Way
Loyalty Programs, The Blockchain Way
August 29, 2016  |  Blockchain

Loyalty programs are having trouble inspiring, well, loyalty. In the latest Topic TBD installment, Ron Quaranta, COO of loyyal, tells Karen Webster how new technology —...

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Banks Take Blockchain To Task With Settlement Coin
Banks Take Blockchain To Task With Settlement Coin
August 26, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Several major banks that have been exploring the use of blockchain are readying a test of a digital coin to settle transactions. The concept is...

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Verizon Communications Files Blockchain Patent Application
Verizon Communications Files Blockchain Patent Application
August 23, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Telecommunications provider Verizon Communications has been experimenting with blockchain technology, which is what powers bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. According to Business Insider, which got ahold of...

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Ripple Guides Japan’s Venture Into Blockchain
Ripple Guides Japan’s Venture Into Blockchain
August 23, 2016  |  B2B Payments

A Japanese bank and its subsidiary have formed a consortium to explore potential use cases of blockchain technology, and the group will reportedly focus on...

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Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
August 19, 2016  |  Bitcoin

This week’s Bitcoin Tracker finds Russia’s resource-guarding of the ruble nixed by an acceptance of bitcoin, for now. Other news finds that regulation in Japan...

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Ethereum Venture Claims Off-Blockchain First
Ethereum Venture Claims Off-Blockchain First
August 12, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

While the FinTech industry is exploring the potential of blockchain technology, some are taking another path and exploring how another distributed ledger, Ethereum, could also...

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Can Blockchain Simplify Trade Finance?
Can Blockchain Simplify Trade Finance?
August 11, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Blockchain has been making inroads into finance — specifically, trade finance — through a series of agreements struck this week that show the distributed ledger...

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Why Canada Is Blockchain’s Biggest Hot Spot
Why Canada Is Blockchain’s Biggest Hot Spot
August 10, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Banks across the globe have invested resources into exploring blockchain technology, and that includes in Canada. But this year, the nation thrust itself into the...

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Bitfinex Announces 36 Percent Loss For Hacked Customers
Bitfinex Announces 36 Percent Loss For Hacked Customers
August 08, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

In the wake of disruption by hackers last week that caused Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Bitfinex to lose $72 million, the firm said customers would lose...

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