Amid the media frenzy surrounding bitcoin in recent years, forward-thinking technologists and business leaders recognised bitcoin’s endoskeleton, blockchain, as the real story. They visualised ...

Cathy Mulligan is Visiting Researcher, Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering; Member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation; ...

One of the biggest buzzwords being thrown around the field of medical technology is “blockchain.” This is for good reason. Simply put, blockchain holds the potential to revolutionize healthcare. With ...

A blockchain is a network of decentralized and distributed data (ledger), meaning the users share the ownership and management of the network through computer nodes. As a database, blockchain stores ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Amilcar has 10 years of FinTech, blockchain, ...

In early 2018, Amos Meiri got the kind of windfall many startup founders only dream of. Meiri’s company, Colu, develops digital currencies for cities—coupons, essentially, that encourage people to ...

Case study: Blockchain technology is enabling Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to manage complex transactions between operating companies with room for growth In these early discussions, they together ...

Blockchain nodes validate and secure transactions, enhancing network decentralization. Anyone can run a Bitcoin node using Bitcoin Core, while some blockchains restrict node operation. Setting up a ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) offers ...

Blockchain rollups are a scalability solution that processes and bundles several transactions off-chain before submitting them to the main blockchain, reducing congestion on blockchain networks.