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Sunday, June 25, 2017
Monday, June 12, 2017
UAE Emirates Islamic Bank launches blockchain for checks
So "The launch of “Cheque Chain”, announced today, comes months after Emirates NBD tested the feature in conjunction with the central bank of the United Arab Emirates. The banking group began testing the tech in a bid to reduce fraud."
UAE Emirates Islamic Bank launches blockchain for checks
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
First Quantum-Secured Blockchain Technology Tested
First Quantum-Secured Blockchain Technology Tested in Moscow...
Quantum computing is fascinating, but it's really early stages, so we don't know what it or where this technology will shape the space. Will it be real quantum computing or a marketing hyped space ? We all know half the AI space isn't even complicated machine learning algorithms.
But the super quantum computers could make the blockchain cryptocurrency double spend philosophy null and void and irrelevant. Brute force attacks are cost prohibitive with normal computers. But brute force with a quantum computer, Still expensive , but possible. And that's today. Just imagine.
Good start here in testing different strategies to combat this possibilities.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Friday, May 26, 2017
Decentralized internet...
What exactly is a decentralized internet of the future?
Decentralized. A decentralized world and internet. Places or DAOs or a BitNation like "organization" are out in the wild wild decentralized global West now.
However do most people know what any of this means ? Some might. Many don't. Fewer even know it's happening already. They just see Bitcoin or Ethereum as a money making investment opportunity. That's good and bad for various reasons.
But is Ethereum really decentralized?
In one way it is. In another it is one very popular intelligent young 'founder' who seems to have the Steve Jobs and Elon Musk effect on Ethereum and the cryptocurrency space.
What he says seems to be the one version of the truth. And ConsenSys also seems to be the one version of a company that builds out the real platform. A lot of very smart and great individuals. But they also arent exactly decentralized.
Maybe it's a open source Redhat kind of play. It's still open source and great for the community, but they also arent exactly all that open in many many ways. Unless it helps their own bottom line. And we have seen that with Ethereum vs Ethereum Classic. And the Ethereum Enterprise Consortium just sounds like business as usual.
Sorry, but Private blockchains aren't decentralized. And the hard vs soft forks and Segwit conversations are fascinating, but show the advantages and challenges in the space.
I think bitcoin and Bitcoin and that version of the blockchain technology is far more decentralized vs say an Ethereum. It's harder to do anything like a smart contract though.
What about a Litecoin or the lightning network or swarm or hyperledger or Monero or the Golem network or Storj or Ripple ? They all seem to be far from what the term decentralized actually means. and Ripple is centralized at its core. Plus most mining pools and exchanges are really just centralized systems. Business as usual really.
In one way or another ICOs are nothing more than raising capital for a few founders and companies. Decentralized be damned I guess.
Time will tell how it all plays out.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
How will Blockchain Change the World ?
How will Blockchain Change the World ?
Blockchain, bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, Monero and the like are changing the world as we speak...However they also aren't exactly being used for much more than speculative investments. Or silk road like transactions. Or Ponzi scheme like ICOs. And why not when people can earn 100%, 200%, 900% returns in such a short time. It's a very interesting dynamic but it's only one piece of the 'blockchain' and cryptocurrency puzzle. As they say it's like we are early stages of the 1993 internet but wth the 1998 Hype cycle. The investment money is driving the hype, but the technology will change the future. People just don't realize it yet. Most people don't even know what this is and the banks are so fearful they are trying to create their own private blockchain consortium.
Friday, May 12, 2017
But extension blocks and bitpay to solve the bitcoin scaling issue?
So my last post spoke about the 165k bitcoin backlog and how there is a serious issue in scaling transactions. But bitpay and extension blocks could be a possible solution.
Will it solve the transactional scaling weakness ? And will it ever be approved and integrated ? And how will that change things ?
bitcoin has a serious problem
Thursday, May 11, 2017
China may ditch paper money
Blockchain, Bitcoin, paper money. What say you China ? They are on the road to eliminating paper money altogether ? Sounds fierce. Sounds like a good plan. Sounds meaningful. Sounds righteous. Sounds interesting. But will China do it ? And when ?
Berry cool container electricity
This Container ship is powered by electricity only. This is a step in the right direction if it works as planned. Go future alternative energy shipping.
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Linux Edge Computing Framework for IOT gains members
A bunch of Companies join the linux foundation project's open IOT Edge computing Framework. It's getting real now.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Delaware blockchain corporate law
Many many companies already incorporate in Delaware already, so this could be interesting.
http://www.newsbtc.com/2017/04/18/delaware-blockchain-friendly-corporate-law/
Monday, April 17, 2017
Cost benefit analysis of smart contracts.
"The aim of smart contracts is to deliver superior security than traditional legal contracts and to reduce the administrative and transactional costs involved in legal transactions. While smart contracts will most likely not universally replace traditional legal contracts in the near future, they can reduce the burden, time and complexity of writing new legal documents for each new transaction as smart contracts can automate this process to a large degree."
Good read.
https://btcmanager.com/a-cost-benefit-analysis-of-using-smart-contracts-in-banking/
Ukraine's fury into blockchain
Cool that Ukraine and bitfury are launching a full scale blockchain government pilot. Bitfury is part of a Richard Branson Startup.
Mapping Algorithms are dumb sometimes
Using AI for predicting crimes and mapping directions has serious flaws.
I can attest that Google Maps and Waze are really dumb sometimes. Even in 2017. Years ago MapQuest and Google maps would send you around and around or off a cliff or into an ocean or down a street that doesn't exist. Its improved tremendously over the years , but still has serious flaws.
The past year I've done a lot of cross country traveling and half the time no phone signal and the downloaded maps suck. But the routes are just stupid sometimes. Send you down back roads. Tell you to make a left turn on a 6 lane highway. It's not a mistake either. It's really an option. But it's an option only an idiot would make. And these maps do this all the time so it's not just some bug.
The other reality is as much as machine learning has been bragged about , half these companies make their revenue off of selling their AI to fortune 1000 companies. You know , many of the ones going out of business or bankrupt. Even Wal-Mart has struggled to stop that Amazon push into everything.
What Machine Learning seems to be best at is selling more advertising, fake news and winning games. But actually improving half these companies, it's really just a lie.
I mean if you hear some marketing pitch from a AI startup and they list a company going out of business as one of their clients , what exactly was the point of their system ? To sell BS to a dying franchise? That's not business , that's just a con game.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
At&T 5g expansion
At&T made a smart IoT city move and acquisition and want to expand across the IOT universe.
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