Everything You Need to Know about Blockchain
December 12, 2017Understanding of the way blockchain functions is low in comparison to the frequency with which the term is used.
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Ben Allen is a traveller, a millennial and a Brit. He worked in the London startup world for a while but really prefers commenting on it than working in it. He has huge faith in the tech industry and enjoys talking and writing about the social issues inherent in its development.
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Cryptocurrencies
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In Depth
Bitcoin users: who are they? Infographic
December 8, 2017We’ve all heard of Bitcoin, right? But, with all the fuss around it, do we really know who actually uses it?
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Blockchain
In Depth
New Players
The systems, securities and solutions behind your everyday transactions
November 20, 2017The improved ability of businesses to collaborate is one of the less-spoken of effects of technology, but it affects almost every aspect of our interaction with companies.
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Blockchain
In Depth
Latest
Parasitic cryptocurrency mining, ad revenue and volunteer computing, a 3-sided coin
November 6, 2017The cyptocurrency mining on The Pirate Bay and Politifact is less a question of hacking or exploitation, and more a catalyst for decreasing ad revenue and increasing volunteer computing.
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Blockchain
Explainers
FinTech
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Web 3.0: using blockchain to build a P2P internet
October 3, 2017If online content can be stored and distributed by peer-to-peer (P2P) blockchain technology, then the web could very quickly become a very different place.
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This startup uses blockchain to decentralize credit scoring
September 22, 2017One of the virtues of the tech industry is not necessarily its ability to “innovate”—that does not really mean anything in and of itself. Innovation is actually the end of.
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Blockchain
Cryptocurrencies
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Beyond Bitcoin: How Ethereum is Taking the Next Step in Cryptocurrency
July 14, 2017The topic of cryptocurrency is quite simple for those familiar with the world of databases but amazingly confusing for pretty much the rest of the world.
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