Breaking Down the Basics of Blockchain Blockchain is a fascinating technology with transformative potential that is gaining momentum. But the concept still confuses a lot of people, including me. Before B2BNN I was at an SAP financial services partner, when Bitcoin and Blockchain were first being talked about. Digital payments were of particular interest to […]
Don Tapscott is the CEO of Tapscott Group, a company that focuses on business strategy in a technologically evolving market. He is also the Vice Chair of Spencer Trask Collaborative Innovations, which invests in emerging companies in communications, information technology, and life sciences. Don has written several books including Paradigm Shift (1992), The Digital Economy […]
Marketing consultancy Wikibrands has launched what it is calling a “Blockchain Benchmark” study to show how adoption of the distributed ledger technology is evolving in the enterprise. The survey, which Wikibrands estimates will take at least 17 minutes to complete, went live earlier this week. The topline results are expected in early March and will […]
Companies may not conduct a lot of business with each other using cryptocurrencies today, but a startup called The Divi Project says it can change that — by making underlying technology like blockchain disappear into the background. The Divi Project has already completed its initial coin offering (ICO) as of late last month and is […]
A cloud-based database called FlureeDB is promising to help companies overcome the cost, complexity and speed associated with creating blockchain applications, offering more trustworthy ways to handle a wide range of transactions. FlureeDB launched earlier this month from Winston Salem, N.C.-based Fluree PBC as a public beta. The company also published an accompanying white paper […]
Let’s face it: You’re not much of an ecommerce merchant by today’s standards if you’ve still never heard of Bitcoin. After all, it’s been nearly a decade since the original cryptocurrency was first used in a transaction. There is, however, no shame in admitting that you don’t have more than a peripheral understanding of Bitcoin. […]
2016 was a year less of personality-driven change, and more a year of big sea changes across industries. It was the year a lot of new B2B tech that has been hyped for years (analytics, B2B FinTech, MarTech) got real, the year big data got a little less big and the Internet of things exploded […]
Technology has changed the way every aspect of business is done – with the exception of financial services. Financial services had not been fundamentally transformed by technology because the Internet did little to reduce the cost of establishing trust, said the author of 2016’s runaway best-selling business book. That is, until blockchain entered the scene, […]
No new technology since the Internet itself has created such excitement as blockchain. Designed to run unregulated electronic cash, the blockchain is thought by many to have far greater potential. Blockchain is definitely important, and provides valuable inspiration for brand new digital infrastructure. But it’s a lot like the Wright Brothers Flyer, the first powered […]
Today, we learned bitcoin has reached new price heights, hovering just north of the $400 mark, once again, for the second time since 2014, as TechCrunch writes. The post adds, “It’s fact to say that bitcoin matters as a financial incentive to keep the blockchain operative; and it is future-facing to watch bitcoin itself grow […]
There is an interesting movement happening within the technology industry that has many of its big players—Google, Microsoft, and IBM—abuzz and excited for the future. It is also being touted as the next step for the Internet of Things. Learn more about why the Net is all hyped for blockchain. What is blockchain and why is […]
Despite a precipitous plunge that has seen its value decrease by more than 70 percent over the past year due largely to speculation, Bitcoin, by far the world’s dominant cryptocurrency, is very much alive. Particularly promising is the attention—and money— that Silicon Valley keeps heaping on Bitcoin. Several Bitcoin startups are attracting big-dollar bets from […]
Happy Birthday, Bitcoin. It was on October 31, 2008 that the enigmatic (to put it mildly) Satoshi Nakamoto published the document that made him a billionaire, sired both Dogecoin (ain’t 2014 grand) and blockchains, and changed currency irrevocably. But the most amazing thing about Bitcoin is that that may be the least of its accomplishments. […]
PayPal is officially entering the world of all-digital money. The payment processing company will start accepting payments from customers that are using Bitcoin. According to CNN, Bitcoin is “an independent, government-less currency,” whereas PayPal is owned by eBay and works with merchants. As of today, PayPal completed a deal with the payment-processing companies inclusive with […]
