Items tagged by bgetting in Blockchain and Decentralization for Library and Information Science https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/1281/user/bgetting TagTeam social RSS aggregrator Researchers discuss smart cities and security issues that arise from blockchain application therein. Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:30:00 -0400 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamanashis_Biswas/publication/311716550_Securing_Smart_Cities_Using_Blockchain_Technology/links/5a2682d5a6fdcc8e866becfb/Securing-Smart-Cities-Using-Blockchain-Technology.pdf blockchain week6 smartcities security Magic Leap, an AR headset company, posts several job offerings that indicate an interest in storing user data on a blockchain. Fri, 12 Apr 2019 20:35:00 -0400 https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/magic-leap-blockchain-1203188491/ week6 blockchain smartcontracts usecases Stack Overflow developers survey from 2019 shows that most developers don't use blockchain. Older developers feel that it is a waste or resources, and younger users are more optimistic that it will be used more widely in the future. Read for the full results. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:29:00 -0400 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/developers-love-python-and-typescript-get-paid-for-clojure-and-arent-using-blockchain/ week5 blockchain technology A brief article on why Switzerland is home to so many crypocurrency and blockchain companies Tue, 09 Apr 2019 22:08:00 -0400 https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/crypto-valley-switzerland-blockchain-companies/58442/ week5 governance switzerland blockchain cryptocurrency Copyright Clearance Center Beyond the Book podcast interview with Stephen P. Williams, author of Blockchain is the Next Everything. Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:13:00 -0400 week5 interview podcast audio Forbes write up of the SXSW "Around the (Global)- Block Blockchain For impact" session including links to interviews with the panelists. Mon, 08 Apr 2019 21:55:00 -0400 https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2019/04/08/are-industries-governments-and-un-agencies-ready-for-5th-machine-age-blockchain-adoption/#720ca8ae7b7b week4 LibChain is a blockchain specifically designed to allow for increased freedom for lending in libraries, between multiple insitutions and users directly. Created by German graduate students, it was presented at LIBER 2017, where it was highly rated.  Can be also found on Github. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 21:16:00 -0400 https://www.atositchallenge.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/LibChain-Atos-IT-Challenge-2017.pdf beginner week5 futuredirections usecases advanced systems article week6 libraries publiclibraries blockchain A short piece hosted by IBM by an Econ professor about corporate blockchains which uses a real world implementation of a grade blockchain as an example of the challenges Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:51:00 -0400 https://www.ibm.com/blogs/blockchain/2019/01/what-is-a-corporate-blockchain/ week4 usecases business Ledger is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes full-length original research articles on the subjects of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, as well as any relevant intersections with mathematics, computer science, engineering, law, and economics.  It is published online by the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:37:00 -0400 https://ledgerjournal.org/ojs/index.php/ledger/index academic week4 publishing More detail around how a series of MVPDs led by Comcast, Charter and other cable companies are looking to use blockchain technology to improve data sharing and allow addresable ads, etc. Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:06:00 -0500 https://adexchanger.com/digital-tv/comcast-unveils-its-blockchain-powered-data-sharing-solution-to-power-addressable-tv/ blockchain advertising week5 usescases other media intermediate systems A short article describing what a cryptocurrency wallet is and explaining some features Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:21:00 -0500 https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/02/13/just-got-some-bitcoin-how-to-choose-your-first-cryptocurrency-wallet/ cryptocurrency bitcoin security week1 beginner The circumvention of trust is a great promise, but it’s just not true. Yes, bitcoin eliminates certain trusted intermediaries that are inherent in other payment systems like credit cards. But you still have to trust bitcoin—and everything about it. Wed, 06 Feb 2019 04:07:00 -0500 https://www.wired.com/story/theres-no-good-reason-to-trust-blockchain-technology/ issues blockchain trust problems week2 beginner anti security Berkeley researcher Nicholas Weaver discusses a view of blockchain that deflates the hype. Mon, 04 Feb 2019 05:14:00 -0500 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/researcher-counts-the-reasons-he-wants-cryptocurrency-burned-with-fire/ issues blockchain risks problems week2 intermediate anti cryptocurrency Transactions recorded in a permissionless public blockchain (e.g. Bitcoin, Ethereum) have a quality known as Probabilistic Transcation Finality. Included herein is a brief explanation of that term. Sun, 27 Jan 2019 18:44:00 -0500 https://medium.com/cobinhood/probabilistic-transaction-finality-blockchain-security-programmer-explain-cc5948e9db35 cryptocurrency ethereum bitcoin intermediate systems website business finance week4 A description of sidechains in non-technical terms. Sidchains offer scalability solutions for services not on the main chain. Sat, 26 Jan 2019 20:10:00 -0500 https://hackernoon.com/what-are-sidechains-1c45ea2daf3 beginner cryptocurrency sidechains systems week4 An article from a local newspaper in Washington showing how the rural region's access to cheap hydroelectric power drove tech development and one municipality's plan to keep it going. An example of an unintended local consequence of the recent cryptocurrency bubble. Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:58:00 -0500 https://www.seattletimes.com/business/after-the-bitcoin-bust-and-a-local-bankruptcy-douglas-county-doubles-down-on-blockchain/ business cryptocurrency systems futuredirections week6 environment other intermediate usecases non-academicarticle Merkle or has tree is the computer science concept used in architecture of commercial blockchain applications. This is the wikipedia article on the subject. Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:10:00 -0500 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_tree cryptography advanced data encryption security non-academicarticle wiki week4 An Ars Technica article about a recent hack of the cryptocurrency ethereum through a blockchain fork. Many of the technologies on this tag team are built on ethereum. Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:24:00 -0500 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/almost-500000-in-ethereum-coin-stolen-by-forking-its-blockchain/ cryptocurrency intermediate systems futuredirections week2 issues anti challenges ethereum non-academicarticle Fri, 04 Jan 2019 10:51:00 -0500 https://www.mousebelt.com/ business futuredirections finance issues week4 intermediate website systems An advertising data service based on blockchain is launched by Comcast with Viacom, Charter and other players in the cable TV space meant to measure digital viewership. Thu, 03 Jan 2019 12:35:00 -0500 https://www.ledgerinsights.com/comcast-blockchain-tv-platform-blockgraph/ business futuredirections security week4 media intermediate non-academicarticle services Blockchain alternative for distriuted data storage. 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