Share this post: Yes. Yes it does! Quite often, clients ask us, “do channels scale?” Or, “I heard Hyperledger Fabric can only scale to N nodes, is this true?” They claim that they have read or heard information suggesting that Fabric and the channel model of privacy does not scale horizontally. When I ask where […]
Blockchain jobs at IBM, and how to get one
Share this post: As a blockchain recruiting consultant at IBM, I’m often quizzed on the subject. What’s Blockchain? What is it good for? What is the potential of blockchain? These talks invariably lead to discussions around the demand, technology, skills, experience necessary, and ultimately, “how do I get a job in blockchain?” Let’s cover the […]
IBM and Evernym work to accelerate adoption of decentralized identity
March 26, 2019 | Written by: Adam Gunther Categorized: Announcements Share this post: Technology has long struggled to reproduce an authentic version of your physical identity. But technology is only part of the problem. Digital participation from physical organizations that assign and verify identity — from governments to banks to local businesses — must also […]
Trust: The fastest blockchain accelerator
Share this post: What does riding an Uber and blockchain networks have in common? One word — trust. For business models founded on peer-to-peer exchange like AirBnB and Uber, the idea of relying on strangers in such an intimate way — allowing people you have never met into your home, jumping into a stranger’s car […]
Digital Footprints: Data and Digital Identity
In a Digital World, Data = Identity Identity can be broken down into two distinct aspects. The first is “the fact of being who or what a person or thing is⁵.” My earlier post, The Impact of Digital Identity, focused on the ways in which blockchain technology can be used to create a decentralized personal […]
Human Intelligence is underrated (whereas Artificial Intelligence is overrated), questions Capacilon MD
Exclusive Q&A. AI is to data analysis what a forklift is to heavy lifting, says Capacilon MD Jai Tamhane, and with the spotlight well and truly shining on the potential of AI to transform industry and enterprise as we know it, Internet of Business pulls up a chair for an in-depth conversation with the MD […]
How India can capitalize on its demographic dividend through blockchain
Share this post: India is known for its demographic dividend which can propel it to become the next China-like story or even better. For those of you who don’t know, demographic dividend as defined by the United Nations Population Fund means, “the economic growth potential that can result from shifts in a population’s age structure, […]
Exploring blockchain as the foundation for next gen apps on Web 3.0
Share this post: Web 3.0 is the collection of next gen web applications which use emerging technologies such as blockchain, AI, IoT, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) as part of their core technology stack. These emerging technologies will shape the interactions users will have in this next generation of the web. The internet took us […]
Australian Govt Boosting National Blockchain Roadmap with AUD 71000 Fund
The Australian government is rushing to become a global leader in the blockchain industry. As announced recently, the Federal government of Australia is developing a blockchain roadmap and said to fund AUD100,000 or US$71K to advance the blockchain use-cases in the public sector. <![CDATA[ ]]> National Blockchain Roadmap and Strategy The announcement released on March […]
What blockchain means to the justice and public safety sectors
Share this post: To understand what blockchain means to the justice and public safety sectors, we first have to lay the basic foundations for what a blockchain is. An easy way to understand blockchain is to think of it as a group text message. Much like in a group text message, blockchain is a distributed, […]