Blockchain-related articles on Data Driven Investor (DDI).

Blockchain

What do you know about Smart Credentials, J-Coin & c-lightning

Numerous blockchain/crypto projects are cropping up all around us promising different real-world use cases. Combing for viable ones in this haystack...
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Be Afraid, be Very Afraid… Why Fiat is Right to Fear Digital Currenc...

The aim of this article is to provide an extra perspective on a section in our recent (and upcoming) EU H2020...
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Lightning torch initiative – spreading the word about scalable b...

Crypto developers spent most of the previous year trying to find scalable solutions for current blockchain networks which can be applied...
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Practical Use Makes Cryptocurrency Valuable – Top 5 Usable Altco...

Utility is one of the descriptions that we can often hear in relation to cryptocurrencies. When Bitcoin appeared, it solved some...
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Will Ethereum, Tron & Ripple pave the way for a Crypto spring?

One thing that you as traders, investors or just someone interested in Cryptos may or may not like is how intertwined...
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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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