Read the original article here: Let the Blockchain take the strain | Digital Leaders How will smart contracts streamline business processes? Digital Leaders North East and Invotra attracted a broad range of businesses to their Blockchain event earlier this year. The audience ranged from those who are already actively exploring blockchain solutions in their business…
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Read the original article: Gold! Gold! Gold from the Blockchain River! | Center for Digital Ethics & Policy In 2017, $5.6 billion was raised for blockchain-based development projects through a new funding mechanism dubbed an ‘ICO’ or Initial Coin Offering. By comparison, $240 million was raised by the same method in 2016, while it’s estimated…
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Smart contracts are the engines of blockchain: the core of the trustless technology that brought us Bitcoin, Cryptokitties, and endless snake-oil ICOs. The quality and the usefulness of a blockchain application stands or falls by the quality of the smart contracts encoded within. How smart are your contracts? Can you be absolutely sure that they…
Read MoreSphere Network was delighted to co-host this cybersecurity event with BCS North East, bringing a group of Masters students together with businesses to examine the challenges and opportunities of the increasingly fraught arena of cybercrime. Source: Meeting the challenges of cybersecurity | Sphere Network | BCS
Read More2017 was the year that Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) hit the technical business press, and cryptocurrency stepped out of the shadows. It’s been a remarkable ride: in June, when finalising details of my novel Bitcoin Hurricane, the publisher asked whether Bitcoin was well enough known for the book to sell. By Christmas, at every signing…
Read MoreThere’s a storm brewing, and social media is at its eye. For a decade, businesses and politicians have increasingly used both Twitter and Facebook as convenient mouthpieces. Twitter’s values declare: “We believe in free expression and think every voice has the power to impact the world.” Facebook’s mission is to “bring the world closer together.”…
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How can we meet the challenges of population ageing in a digital age? Find out more about the opportunity of ageing and the innovators at the coalface. Source: The Opportunity of Ageing | Sphere Network Event Report
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What is artificial intelligence? Sphere Network members discuss machine learning, advanced analytics, AI applications, and ethics. Source: Decoding Artificial Intelligence and Analytics | Sphere Network
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Blockchain is coming: Sphere Network’s Application of Blockchain Technology event was a great discussion that could have gone on for much longer. Source: Kickstarting Blockchain Innovation | Sphere Network
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