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IBM today unveiled Blockchain World Wire , a real-time global payments network based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) for regulated financial firms. The blockchain-based network will offer a new way for near real-time cross-border payment exchange and international settlement. The settlements can be done in five to 10 seconds.) The network is currently able to transfer funds to more than 50 countries using 47 digital coins backed by fiat currencies. MORE
Another blockchain project has been announced by Microsoft which aims to integrate blockchain and its cloud services MORE
Blockchain is the single most disruptive technology in our lifetime. If you’re like most people, you probably associate blockchain with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. Here are six ways blockchain could alter the marketing industry […]. MORE
Starbucks is working with Microsoft to develop a blockchain-based supply chain tracking system and mobile app that will allow customers to track the supply chain journey of the beans they buy and the coffee they drink. In March, Starbucks announced a " digital transparency plan " that would let it verify their coffee beans as 100% ethically and sustainably sourced. Last year, Starbucks worked with more than 380,000 coffee farms to ensure ethical sourcing. MORE
In a previous video , a16z crypto Deal Partner Ali Yahya laid out five open problems for building the blockchain computer. In this video, we double-click on the decentralized storage … cryptocurrencies & blockchains security & privacy MORE
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Ockam Blockchain Network. When the SDK is added to firmware in connected devices, the devices become clients of the Ockam Blockchain Network, providing identity and trust for IoT and deployed on the Microsoft Azure cloud. Ockam has released an open source SDK, based on Google’s Go language , to allow developers to build identify services into their Internet of Things applications. MORE
Weeks before that, the SEC issued guidance that ICOs may constitute illegal securities offerings, so it was no surprise to learn Kik was … cryptocurrencies & blockchains policy glossaries & terms to knowKik, the Tencent-backed messaging app, raised $150 million in August 2017 in an initial coin offering (ICO). MORE
87 The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) is working with Microsoft and more than a dozen businesses, research organizations and industry consortiums to create a blockchain-neutral business-focused Token Taxonomy Framework. In essence, the group is working to universally define in non-technical terms what a token is – regardless of the blockchain platform involved – and create a common set of terms and definitions for cross-industry business use. MORE
Well, if you were a pirate, you’d keep your booty in a locked treasure … cryptocurrencies & blockchainsWe continue our YouTube series “Founding Stories” with the story of Anchorage. To set the stage, what do you do to keep a valuable asset safe? MORE
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Companies are still cautiously dipping their toes into the blockchain trough, hoping to discover where the distributed ledger technology can create efficiencies in their business processes. MORE
IBM and blockchain consultancy Chainyard today announced a new permissioned blockchain-based network designed to improve supplier validation, onboarding and life cycle information management. MORE
As quoted by Don & Alex Tapscott, authors of Blockchain Revolution (2016), “The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value.” MORE
And the Blockchain is here. Network effect businesses, those like AirBnB and Facebook, face a theoretical risk from blockchain startups. Blockchain technology incentivizes network participants. If the SEC permits AirBnB and other network-effect companies to reward usage with shares, the SEC may dull the competitive threat from blockchain - especially where there’s an incumbent. MORE
As companies generally — and tech companies specifically — play a greater role in social and economic issues, the fundamental question that many consumers, politicians, and company builders are asking is, Do corporations exist only to maximize shareholder value … … cryptocurrencies & blockchains policy activist investors/shareholders ethics gig economy & sharing economy governance nature of the firm & evolving institutions MORE
The largest chunk of worldwide spending on new blockchain networks – nearly $2.9 The research firm also noted that blockchain implementations are moving quickly beyond the pilot and proof-of-concept phase to real-world production systems. Further reading: What is blockchain? The use cases that comprise the blockchain opportunity are developing as swiftly as the technologies enabling it," said Jessica Goepfert, IDC's program vice president for customer insights and analysis. MORE
Seven major universities are working together to develop a digital currency network that solves blockchain's scalability and performance problems before public confidence in the technology erodes. MORE
Salesforce is now offering select customers blockchain as a permissioned, centrally controlled service, which in some ways runs counter to the basic premise of the technology: that it's an anonymous, distributed network with no central authority. MORE
Salaries for blockchain developers are up again, with annual pay soaring by more than $4,000 over the past six months for those in the highest bracket. The median annual salary for a blockchain developer is now $132,000, with experienced workers commanding upwards of $176,000 a year when they move to new organizations, according to Janco Associates, a management consulting firm that conducts regular salary surveys and updates its report biannually. MORE
Microsoft today announced its first Azure-based, managed blockchain platform using JPM's Quorum enterprise-class distributed ledger technology. Since 2015, Microsoft's Azure cloud service has allowed users to install a number of blockchain platforms, including Enterprise Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, R3 Corda, and Quorum. MORE
Ockam Blockchain Network. When the SDK is added to firmware in connected devices, the devices become clients of the Ockam Blockchain Network, providing identity and trust for IoT and deployed on the Microsoft Azure cloud. Ockam has released an open source SDK, based on Google’s Go language , to allow developers to build identify services into their Internet of Things applications. MORE
Public tests of blockchain-based mobile voting are growing. Even as there's been an uptick in pilot projects, security experts warn that blockchain-based mobile voting technology is innately insecure and potentially a danger to democracy through "wholesale fraud" or "manipulation tactics." MORE
Cryptocurrencies: Oversight of New … cryptocurrencies & blockchains policy field notesEditor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner (and former chairman of the board of the National Venture Capital Association) Scott Kupor to the House Agriculture Committee as part of their public hearings on. MORE
On this episode of the ProfitWell Report, Marcelo Furtado , Co-Founder at Convenia , asks us a brilliant SaaS marketing question: How does having "blockchain" or "crypto" in your marketing impact willingness to pay? MORE
After nearly a year of testing, Amazon on Tuesday announced the general availability its Amazon Managed Blockchain , a fully managed service that makes it easy to create and manage scalable blockchain networks. Amazon originally announced the blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) at its AWS re:Invent conference last June, inviting companies to sign up for a pilot of it. MORE
Like not separating currency and capital, which accelerated and spread economic growth through the former… but also … cryptocurrencies & blockchains a16z in NYC roadshow a16z Podcast on-the-road data network effects economics governance hallway conversations historyWhen designing cryptonetworks — really, emerging economies — how do we avoid some of the monetary and fiscal policy failings of “real-world” economies? MORE
a16z portfolio company Anchorage is a founding member of the Libra Association , an independent not-for-profit group with the big, hairy, audacious goal of building a new global currency to serve the billions of people who are not well served … cryptocurrencies & blockchains MORE
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That's the potential blockchain holds for decentralized identity management. Further reading: What is blockchain? MORE
Today, we collaborate with colleagues, stay connected with friends and family, educate ourselves on new … cryptocurrencies & blockchainsThe internet has changed nearly every aspect of our lives, connecting us in ways that would have been hard to imagine even a decade ago. MORE
SAP has launched a supply chain tracking service based on blockchain that will enable drug wholesalers to authenticate pharmaceutical packaging returned from hospitals and pharmacies. Further reading: What is blockchain? MORE
In a follow-up to one of our most popular podcast episodes that originally aired in April 2017 , a16z crypto general partner Chris Dixon returns to talk with Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital in a free-wheeling conversation about the seven … cryptocurrencies & blockchains open source MORE
How fun, challenging, and fulfilling would it have been to work on semiconductors in the … cryptocurrencies & blockchains open source policy security & privacy MORE
91 Seven major universities are working together to develop a digital currency network that solves blockchain's scalability and performance problems before public confidence in the technology erodes. MORE
SAP has launched a supply chain tracking service based on blockchain that will enable drug wholesalers to authenticate pharmaceutical packaging returned from hospitals and pharmacies. Further reading: What is blockchain? MORE
BOSTON – While blockchain may never be a panacea for solving all business transaction problems, it will eventually become a foundational technology across industries that will lead to new business models. Related: Blockchain vs. a database: What's the difference? ]. MORE
In this episode, which originally aired on YouTube , a16z crypto partner Ali Yahya talks with Frank Chen about five challenging problems the community is trying to solve right now to enable a new computing platform and a new set … cryptocurrencies & blockchains open source MORE
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We at DECENT are investing in educating communities about the different ways that blockchain can be leveraged to make the world a better place. However, one area we didn’t see discussed was how blockchain can restore trust in charities. . Startup Weekend blockchain MORE
A blockchain industry alliance has released a guide and list of use cases for deploying the technology to enable, among other things, the purchase of fractions of real estate property as digital securities on an open marketplace. MORE
Facebook is developing its own cryptocurrency for payments, according to at least two reports, a move that has the potential to make the social network billions of dollars while also helping to eliminate fake news and bots. MORE
Network effects are innocuous at first, but can cause … cryptocurrencies & blockchains online communities open source governance historyToday, some of the most valuable corporations in the world today are “network operators”. MORE
Whether in corporations, boardrooms, or political elections, voting is something we see in all kinds of social systems… including blockchains. It’s the natural human tendency for how to organize decisions, and in distributed systems without centralized middlemen, it’s the only … cryptocurrencies & blockchains online communities security & privacy a16z Podcast on-the-road governance hallway conversations MORE
An axiom of this area of legal scholarship states : “all but the simplest contracts are incomplete” That is, contractual arrangements cannot anticipate … cryptocurrencies & blockchainsOne way to think about various kinds of crypto projects is through the lens of contract theory. MORE
The blockchain is a technical advance. Blockchain startups have already targeted major buyers of software, from email security products to job marketplaces, from legal products to human resources software. In contrast, blockchain startups are exploring inter-company applications, processes that involve two or more companies. Blockchain companies are striving to identify where this novel technology will dislocate incumbents, dislodge budgets and create massive businesses. MORE
A start-up firm claims its highly efficient distributed ledger protocol can address all the major problems facing blockchain networks, including being able to scale for global financial business by executing up to eight million transactions per second (TPS). The new blockchain protocol, called Devv , was unveiled and demonstrated at CES in Las Vegas last week. MORE
Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by managing partner (and former chairman of the board of the National Venture Capital Association) Scott Kupor to the FTC as part of their hearings — with various professors, policymakers, industry representatives, and other … cryptocurrencies & blockchains policy field notes M&A MORE
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JULY 17, 2019
We at DECENT are investing in educating communities about the different ways that blockchain can be leveraged to make the world a better place. However, one area we didn’t see discussed was how blockchain can restore trust in charities. . Startup Weekend blockchain
Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 7, 2019
In a follow-up to one of our most popular podcast episodes that originally aired in April 2017 , a16z crypto general partner Chris Dixon returns to talk with Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital in a free-wheeling conversation about the seven … cryptocurrencies & blockchains open source
Andreessen Horowitz
APRIL 19, 2019
How fun, challenging, and fulfilling would it have been to work on semiconductors in the … cryptocurrencies & blockchains open source policy security & privacy
IT World
AUGUST 12, 2019
Public tests of blockchain-based mobile voting are growing. Even as there's been an uptick in pilot projects, security experts warn that blockchain-based mobile voting technology is innately insecure and potentially a danger to democracy through "wholesale fraud" or "manipulation tactics."
Andreessen Horowitz
APRIL 19, 2019
In a previous video , a16z crypto Deal Partner Ali Yahya laid out five open problems for building the blockchain computer. In this video, we double-click on the decentralized storage … cryptocurrencies & blockchains security & privacy
The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication
MARCH 27, 2019
As quoted by Don & Alex Tapscott, authors of Blockchain Revolution (2016), “The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value.”
ProfitWell
MARCH 6, 2019
On this episode of the ProfitWell Report, Marcelo Furtado , Co-Founder at Convenia , asks us a brilliant SaaS marketing question: How does having "blockchain" or "crypto" in your marketing impact willingness to pay?
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IT World
JUNE 3, 2019
Salesforce is now offering select customers blockchain as a permissioned, centrally controlled service, which in some ways runs counter to the basic premise of the technology: that it's an anonymous, distributed network with no central authority.
Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 16, 2019
In this episode, which originally aired on YouTube , a16z crypto partner Ali Yahya talks with Frank Chen about five challenging problems the community is trying to solve right now to enable a new computing platform and a new set … cryptocurrencies & blockchains open source
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 10, 2018
The blockchain is a technical advance. Blockchain startups have already targeted major buyers of software, from email security products to job marketplaces, from legal products to human resources software. In contrast, blockchain startups are exploring inter-company applications, processes that involve two or more companies. Blockchain companies are striving to identify where this novel technology will dislocate incumbents, dislodge budgets and create massive businesses.
IT World
MAY 24, 2019
A blockchain industry alliance has released a guide and list of use cases for deploying the technology to enable, among other things, the purchase of fractions of real estate property as digital securities on an open marketplace.
Nimble - Sales
MAY 15, 2019
Blockchain is the single most disruptive technology in our lifetime. If you’re like most people, you probably associate blockchain with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. Here are six ways blockchain could alter the marketing industry […].
Tom Tunguz
OCTOBER 3, 2018
And the Blockchain is here. Network effect businesses, those like AirBnB and Facebook, face a theoretical risk from blockchain startups. Blockchain technology incentivizes network participants. If the SEC permits AirBnB and other network-effect companies to reward usage with shares, the SEC may dull the competitive threat from blockchain - especially where there’s an incumbent.
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IT World
JANUARY 17, 2019
SAP has launched a supply chain tracking service based on blockchain that will enable drug wholesalers to authenticate pharmaceutical packaging returned from hospitals and pharmacies. Further reading: What is blockchain?
IT World
JANUARY 17, 2019
SAP has launched a supply chain tracking service based on blockchain that will enable drug wholesalers to authenticate pharmaceutical packaging returned from hospitals and pharmacies. Further reading: What is blockchain?
IT World
JANUARY 2, 2019
That's the potential blockchain holds for decentralized identity management. Further reading: What is blockchain?
IT World
JUNE 14, 2019
Companies are still cautiously dipping their toes into the blockchain trough, hoping to discover where the distributed ledger technology can create efficiencies in their business processes.
IT World
APRIL 30, 2019
After nearly a year of testing, Amazon on Tuesday announced the general availability its Amazon Managed Blockchain , a fully managed service that makes it easy to create and manage scalable blockchain networks. Amazon originally announced the blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) at its AWS re:Invent conference last June, inviting companies to sign up for a pilot of it.
IT World
MARCH 18, 2019
IBM today unveiled Blockchain World Wire , a real-time global payments network based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) for regulated financial firms. The blockchain-based network will offer a new way for near real-time cross-border payment exchange and international settlement. The settlements can be done in five to 10 seconds.) The network is currently able to transfer funds to more than 50 countries using 47 digital coins backed by fiat currencies.
IT World
MAY 7, 2019
Starbucks is working with Microsoft to develop a blockchain-based supply chain tracking system and mobile app that will allow customers to track the supply chain journey of the beans they buy and the coffee they drink. In March, Starbucks announced a " digital transparency plan " that would let it verify their coffee beans as 100% ethically and sustainably sourced. Last year, Starbucks worked with more than 380,000 coffee farms to ensure ethical sourcing.
ITPro
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Another blockchain project has been announced by Microsoft which aims to integrate blockchain and its cloud services
IT World
MAY 3, 2019
Microsoft today announced its first Azure-based, managed blockchain platform using JPM's Quorum enterprise-class distributed ledger technology. Since 2015, Microsoft's Azure cloud service has allowed users to install a number of blockchain platforms, including Enterprise Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, R3 Corda, and Quorum.
IT World
JANUARY 7, 2019
Salaries for blockchain developers are up again, with annual pay soaring by more than $4,000 over the past six months for those in the highest bracket. The median annual salary for a blockchain developer is now $132,000, with experienced workers commanding upwards of $176,000 a year when they move to new organizations, according to Janco Associates, a management consulting firm that conducts regular salary surveys and updates its report biannually.
IT World
MARCH 6, 2019
The largest chunk of worldwide spending on new blockchain networks – nearly $2.9 The research firm also noted that blockchain implementations are moving quickly beyond the pilot and proof-of-concept phase to real-world production systems. Further reading: What is blockchain? The use cases that comprise the blockchain opportunity are developing as swiftly as the technologies enabling it," said Jessica Goepfert, IDC's program vice president for customer insights and analysis.
IT World
APRIL 17, 2019
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) is working with Microsoft and more than a dozen businesses, research organizations and industry consortiums to create a blockchain-neutral business-focused Token Taxonomy Framework. In essence, the group is working to universally define in non-technical terms what a token is – regardless of the blockchain platform involved – and create a common set of terms and definitions for cross-industry business use.
IT World
JANUARY 24, 2019
Ockam Blockchain Network. When the SDK is added to firmware in connected devices, the devices become clients of the Ockam Blockchain Network, providing identity and trust for IoT and deployed on the Microsoft Azure cloud. Ockam has released an open source SDK, based on Google’s Go language , to allow developers to build identify services into their Internet of Things applications.
IT World
JANUARY 24, 2019
Ockam Blockchain Network. When the SDK is added to firmware in connected devices, the devices become clients of the Ockam Blockchain Network, providing identity and trust for IoT and deployed on the Microsoft Azure cloud. Ockam has released an open source SDK, based on Google’s Go language , to allow developers to build identify services into their Internet of Things applications.
Andreessen Horowitz
JULY 22, 2019
An axiom of this area of legal scholarship states : “all but the simplest contracts are incomplete” That is, contractual arrangements cannot anticipate … cryptocurrencies & blockchainsOne way to think about various kinds of crypto projects is through the lens of contract theory.
Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 2, 2019
Network effects are innocuous at first, but can cause … cryptocurrencies & blockchains online communities open source governance historyToday, some of the most valuable corporations in the world today are “network operators”.
Andreessen Horowitz
JUNE 18, 2019
Today, we collaborate with colleagues, stay connected with friends and family, educate ourselves on new … cryptocurrencies & blockchainsThe internet has changed nearly every aspect of our lives, connecting us in ways that would have been hard to imagine even a decade ago.
IT World
JANUARY 22, 2019
Seven major universities are working together to develop a digital currency network that solves blockchain's scalability and performance problems before public confidence in the technology erodes.
IT World
JANUARY 22, 2019
Seven major universities are working together to develop a digital currency network that solves blockchain's scalability and performance problems before public confidence in the technology erodes.
Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 15, 2019
Weeks before that, the SEC issued guidance that ICOs may constitute illegal securities offerings, so it was no surprise to learn Kik was … cryptocurrencies & blockchains policy glossaries & terms to knowKik, the Tencent-backed messaging app, raised $150 million in August 2017 in an initial coin offering (ICO).
IT World
JANUARY 17, 2019
A start-up firm claims its highly efficient distributed ledger protocol can address all the major problems facing blockchain networks, including being able to scale for global financial business by executing up to eight million transactions per second (TPS). The new blockchain protocol, called Devv , was unveiled and demonstrated at CES in Las Vegas last week.
IT World
AUGUST 5, 2019
IBM and blockchain consultancy Chainyard today announced a new permissioned blockchain-based network designed to improve supplier validation, onboarding and life cycle information management.
IT World
MARCH 20, 2019
Facebook is developing its own cryptocurrency for payments, according to at least two reports, a move that has the potential to make the social network billions of dollars while also helping to eliminate fake news and bots.
Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 21, 2019
As companies generally — and tech companies specifically — play a greater role in social and economic issues, the fundamental question that many consumers, politicians, and company builders are asking is, Do corporations exist only to maximize shareholder value … … cryptocurrencies & blockchains policy activist investors/shareholders ethics gig economy & sharing economy governance nature of the firm & evolving institutions
Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 11, 2019
Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by managing partner (and former chairman of the board of the National Venture Capital Association) Scott Kupor to the FTC as part of their hearings — with various professors, policymakers, industry representatives, and other … cryptocurrencies & blockchains policy field notes M&A
Andreessen Horowitz
JUNE 23, 2019
Well, if you were a pirate, you’d keep your booty in a locked treasure … cryptocurrencies & blockchainsWe continue our YouTube series “Founding Stories” with the story of Anchorage. To set the stage, what do you do to keep a valuable asset safe?
Andreessen Horowitz
JUNE 19, 2019
Cryptocurrencies: Oversight of New … cryptocurrencies & blockchains policy field notesEditor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner (and former chairman of the board of the National Venture Capital Association) Scott Kupor to the House Agriculture Committee as part of their public hearings on.
IT World
JUNE 11, 2019
BOSTON – While blockchain may never be a panacea for solving all business transaction problems, it will eventually become a foundational technology across industries that will lead to new business models. Related: Blockchain vs. a database: What's the difference? ].
Andreessen Horowitz
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Like not separating currency and capital, which accelerated and spread economic growth through the former… but also … cryptocurrencies & blockchains a16z in NYC roadshow a16z Podcast on-the-road data network effects economics governance hallway conversations historyWhen designing cryptonetworks — really, emerging economies — how do we avoid some of the monetary and fiscal policy failings of “real-world” economies?
Andreessen Horowitz
JUNE 19, 2019
a16z portfolio company Anchorage is a founding member of the Libra Association , an independent not-for-profit group with the big, hairy, audacious goal of building a new global currency to serve the billions of people who are not well served … cryptocurrencies & blockchains
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