Blockchain Observations

Being a forum for blockchain ideas

Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group

From 'what could be done' to 'how we do it'

Think for a moment at the blockchain events you have attended and at the presentations you have followed. Now try to remember how many times you have been presented use cases or basic applications (the so-called POCs-proof of concepts). Almost every time, true? Good. Now ask yourself: How many times have these cases been presented by the same com...

11 May 2018

Gerard Hergenroeder Retired IBMer and Banking Executive at Payments Shark

Bitcoin

Warren Buffet and his thoughts on Bitcoin -- "Speaking to CNBC anchor Becky Quick ahead of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday, the billionaire investor said bitcoin — the largest and most well-known cryptocurrency — is "probably rat poison squared." I agree with Warren. Bitcoin has no real mass market...

09 May 2018 /payments

Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group

Blockchain is not a CIO’s business: C-levels need Business Cases

Gartner’s latest CIO Survey finds that only 1% of the more than 3,000 chief information officers (CIO) surveyed indicated any kind of blockchain adoption within their organizations, and only 8 percent of CIOs were in short-term planning or active experimentation with blockchain. 34% said they had no interest in the technology, while 43% of CIOs sa...

05 May 2018

Richard Miller Product Owner at RegDefy (MV37)

Blockchain evolution - where next for Distributed Ledger Technology?

As the financial services world continues to adapt to the possibilities of blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT), we are now at a critical juncture, as to where the industry goes from here in utilising these technologies. Now that various organisations have more experience of implementing DLT from initial proof-of-concept to actual p...

30 April 2018

Sophia Brooke Project Manager at Independent Consultant

The Future of Blockchain, and How It Goes Over Cryptocurrency

It was bitcoin that introduced blockchain to the world, but the technology goes beyond this cryptocurrency. Businesses are looking to process data and manage their transactions more efficiently and securely, and blockchain is the answer. One of the key competencies of today’s business leaders is that they are able to adopt disruptive technologies t...

30 April 2018

Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group

Blockchain in the Supply Chain Use Cases- Digital Passport

(the use case was proposed by a Certification Agency) It is widely recognized that with digital technology supply chains are more transparent, quality-rich, and competitive. Above all by focusing on product content description, both mandatory and voluntary, that can turn into a competitive advantage especially in international markets. On the one ...

29 April 2018

Marina Evseeva Head of Business Development at International investment group of companies

Emerging Asian leaders in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency to watch out

Given the recent dampening of excitement surrounding blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in the U.S., I thought it would be interesting to recognize the Asian leaders who are raising the influence over the futures of these fields. While influential Asian Americans such as Bill Shihara, the co-founder and CEO of Bittrex, and Charlie Lee, the ...

25 April 2018 /startups