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Blockchain: Answering a Charge of “Crappy Technology”

A recent article on Medium denounced blockchain for its current flaws, not least of all its claims to trustlessness, summarily dismissing...
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Blockchain: The Most Useless and Overhyped Technology in History?

A recent article by outspoken NYU Stern School of Business Economist, Nouriel Roubini (A.K.A. “Dr. Doom”), claimed as much. Roubini’s article (though admittedly...
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JPM Coin: A game changer or just another addition to a sea of stable c...

Back in September, I wrote about the Cross border settlement mechanism, when I compared three systems being used widely around the...
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Digital Currency for Social Good? (Psst, it Works for “Invented” C...

The question as to the relevance and timeliness of implementing our radically-new decentralised technology depends on whether we as a society...
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What are the different types of DLTs & how they work?

Let me clarify from the get-go that although both the terms DLT (Digital Ledger Technology) & Blockchain are used interchangeably, there...
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5 Industry Transforming Blockchain Applications

Unless you have been living under a rock, I am sure you have heard about blockchain by this time. While blockchain...
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What is MimbleWimble and its implementation in Grin & Beam

With multiple solutions emerging to provide scalability to Cryptocurrencies especially Bitcoin, the debate has shifted to improving the other two segments...
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Will Iran’s National Cryptocurrency meet the same fate as Petro?

The love-hate relationship of the Islamic Republic with the Cryptocurrencies has finally culminated in the creation of yet another national cryptocurrency...
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Data Driven Trends & Statistics – Jan. 2019

If you are a blogger like me, you would understand the importance of valued added visuals, statistics & videos to an...
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Another major city goes Crypto – Vienna token coming soon

With the mainstream Cryptos far from adoption in the financial ecosystem, other forms of digital assets like the cross-border payment coins,...
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Don’t Believe the Hype: Do Your Own Research

Don’t Believe the Hype: Do Your Own Research  Ever since the crypto markets have taken a downward turn in early 2018, there...
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Gingr aims to bring cryptocurrency to the prostitution industry

Gingr aims to revolutionize the prostitution industry by adding cryptocurrency as a payment option for sex workers. Yes, you read this...
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