How to get started with IBM Blockchain now
4 min read - With the release of IBM Blockchain Platform 2.1.3, we have now expanded the platform’s capabilities towards greater network flexibility, security enhancements, enhanced developer experience and more. As IBM Blockchain Platform continues to prove itself as an end-to-end solution for various…
The kickstart to your blockchain startup
3 min read - As a technology pioneering innovation, blockchain attracts companies of every size, funding and geography. According one study by PwC, 84 percent of executives surveyed said their companies are “actively involved” with the technology. We’ve seen companies in every industry —…
Confidentiality and integrity for blockchain smart contracts
4 min read - Fabric Private Chaincode is an open source project created by IBM and Intel to enable a new form of smart contract, leveraging Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) Trusted Execution Environment to help achieve confidentiality and integrity in The Linux…
Enterprise blockchain for verifying product authenticity
4 min read - 100% extra virgin olive oil. Fair trade coffee. Conflict-free minerals. Most of us are familiar with these terms, and every day we place our trust in labels and our favorite retailers, but how do we know these claims are real?…
Hyperledger achieves huge milestone: Introducing Hyperledger Fabric 2.0
4 min read - On January 30, 2020, Hyperledger, hosted by The Linux Foundation, formally released Hyperledger Fabric v2.0, marking a significant milestone in distributed ledger technology (DLT). It is clear that blockchain technology is progressing at a rapid pace, as indicated by this…
Blockchain has moved from hype to value creation in the enterprise
4 min read - The past three years in blockchain technologies, or what now is often referred to as a use case of distributed ledger technologies (DLT), has shown the best of times and the worst of times. The global volatility of Bitcoin value…
Blockchain beyond cryptocurrency
5 min read - I still find the word blockchain elicits thoughts of cryptocurrency much of the time, which does disservice to this disruptive new technology. Bitcoin launched in 2011 and was the first large scale implementation of blockchain technology. Media, investors and bleeding…
Collaboration: Key to the first multicloud blockchain deployment
5 min read - Individual data points are like fuel molecules waiting in pipelines and tanks to heat our homes or cook our food. Massive amounts of them sit inside supply chains and transactions, just needing a spark to unleash their transformative power. Vertrax…
When are stable coins useful?
4 min read - Global payments revenue grew by 11 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to the McKinsey Global Payments Report, and is projected to grow a further 9 percent per year until 2022. Counter-intuitively, this can be partly attributed to the declining…