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Searching for Blockchain Unicorns … Without Bitcoin
Over the last two years, the shift heard around the world has been significant. Bitcoin has made its way from snickers at the water cooler…to the boardroom but, in the process, the conversation has changed. The word Bitcoin has been replaced with blockchain or for the best marketing effects, “Bitcoin technology.” ¶ So called, private blockchains or tokenless blockchains, or the technology powering Bitcoin — these are terms now being bandied about as industries try to change Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention to fit their business models and traditional way of thinking.
Ivan BrightlyMar 30
Blockchain and the Insurance Industry
Certain blockchain use cases, even if not presently feasible, are quite obvious — payments, trade settlement and clearing, value transfer…, escrow, etc. Other use cases, however, remain less apparent. ¶ Consider insurance, a storied trillion-dollar industry in the U.S. that rarely embraces technology (not counting the current Oscars of the world). Many insurance transactions, particularly in fields like the standard property and casualty underwriting process, continue to depend on cumbersome paper forms with minimal online-enabled applications.
Bryan ReyhaniMar 22
How to Start with Blockchain
Whether you’re an enterprise level company, or small to mid-tier organization, you’re likely keeping an eye out for technology that can…make your business processes more efficient or grow your business to gain market share. So can blockchain technology meet the needs of your organization? ¶ To be clear, blockchain technology probably isn’t the optimal solution for all your business processes and isn’t the widespread panacea it is being painted to be. There’s a lot of banter in the business community about blockchain-like solutions, but many of these are simply implementations of existing distributed databases.Bryan ReyhaniMar 15