ISTA 2017 - Blockchain, beyond Bitcoin

The document provides an overview of the state of blockchain in Q1 2016. Some key points: - Total VC investment in bitcoin and blockchain startups rebounded in Q1 after declining in Q4 2015, though investment remains below previous highs. The average deal size and largest deals also increased. - More VC funding is going to blockchain rather than bitcoin startups, as companies pivot away from currency applications. Over 40% of all funding now goes to blockchain and hybrid startups. - The number of blockchain companies has grown significantly from 14 in Q1 2015 to 59 in Q1 2016. Investment is concentrating in the US, UK, Israel, Argentina, Sweden and Germany. - Metrics like

CoinDesk’s Ethereum Sentiment Research Spotlight Study is our inaugural research coverage of Ethereum. It takes a deeper dive into the past few months for the Ethereum and polled 240+ startup execs and enterprise blockchain leads to assess the impact of the DAO hack and subsequent hard fork. You'll be able to read analysis of the key trends in this article: http://coindesk.com/coindesk-research-spotlight-study-q3-ethereum-hard-fork To read the full Q3 2016 State of Blockchain report, please go here: http://www.coindesk.com/research/state-of-blockchain-q3-2016/ We'd appreciate feedback on our research: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6W6WHST

Foreword This paper is the result of a research project carried out by Labs in EVRY Financial Services during the fall of 2015. The content of this report is the result of a comprehensive study, featuring online sources, literary works, as well as recordings of financial conferences such as Consensus 2015 and Fintech Week 2015. We aim to provide a comprehensive report detailing the opportunities, challenges and key success factors for financial institutions looking to leverage the opportunities presented by blockchain technology. We hope you enjoy this study and that it helps give you greater understanding.

The document discusses the rise of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, and smart contracts as representing a new wave of decentralization. It describes how blockchain acts as a distributed public ledger that allows digital transactions to be recorded in a verifiable way without a central authority. Blockchain technology is enabling the disintermediation of financial and political institutions through applications such as digital currencies, peer-to-peer lending, and crowdfunding. The document outlines several potential use cases for blockchain and discusses how it could disrupt industries through decentralized applications, organizations, and networks.

On Thursday, Oct. 20, Digital Currency Group hosted its second annual Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech Summit - three days of private events focused on bringing together our network of founders, startups, investors, and corporate strategics. These are the opening remarks presented by our founder and CEO, Barry Silbert, regarding the progress the bitcoin and blockchain ecosystem over the last year, and what DCG is excited about looking forward. Our Director of Development, Meltem Demirors, also announced the launch of our new corporate network.

Bitcoin price rallied in Q4 2015, increasing 82% to end the quarter at $430.05. Trading volume on exchanges also increased significantly, rising 424% compared to Q4 2014. However, the growth rate of quarterly VC investment in the bitcoin/blockchain sector slowed from 11% in Q3 2015 to 3% in Q4 2015, though it is unclear if this decline is sector-specific or due to the overall VC environment. Major developments in the quarter included the European Court of Justice ruling that bitcoin sales are not subject to VAT, and 42 major financial firms partnering with R3 to explore blockchain applications.

FirstPartner's 2016 Blockchain Ecosystem Market Map helps to decrypt the blockchain landscape with a visual overview of the emerging ecosystem, players, technologies and trends. It clearly summarises three main areas of focus emerging around the core blockchain or distributed ledger protocols: 1) Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies: Providing an alternative to centrally managed "fiat" currencies, this sector includes Bitcoin exchanges, Bitcoin wallets, miners and cryptocurrency payment processors. The map illustrates how these companies interact and features some leading players including Coinbase, Circle, Kraken and 21 Inc. 2) The Financial Services Blockchain: This has been the main area of focus over the last 12 months as attention shifts from Bitcoin to Financial Services applications. An increasing number of players are focussing on commercialising blockchain technologies for banks, securities, derivatives and asset markets and institutional investors - and are attracting VC funding to do so. Ripple and Ethereum are leading candidate protocols for payment processing and smart contracts and players including Ripple, Chain and Digital Asset Holdings are gaining traction with Financial Institutions. The Map highlights leading technology companies and some of the banks, card schemes and processors who are investing in or evaluating distributed ledger technologies. 3) Other Use Cases: The distributed ledger concept and its ability to support transparent and tamper-proof asset registration, proof of ownership and asset transfer transactions makes it potentially applicable to multiple non financial use cases. The Map highlights a number of candidate use cases including publishing, legal, distributed data storage, document management and IoT. Some of the pioneering initiatives and companies exploring these applications are included. Crucially the Map also provides a clear pictorial explanation and summary of the leading protocols at the heart of the ecosystem and concepts including coloured coins and smart contracts that supplement them to make a number of the proposed services possible. A printable version of the map can be downloaded from www.firstpartner.net.

The global system behind a viewer’s transaction of watching a movie or TV show impacts viewers and show creators every day. What if all stakeholders had the same facts – Writers, Producers, Directors, Unions, Studios, Networks, Distributors, Theaters, Broadcasters, Cable Providers, Satellite providers, OTT providers and viewers? Blockchains offer precisely this opportunity. In this article we are going to explore new methods for enabling accountability in pre-production, production, post production, distribution, consumption and reporting with a secure chain of custody and metadata to be accessed, including key social attributes such as viewing method, display usage, rights compliance, and digital rights management. Speaker : Steve Wong, HPE

BlockChain Strategists is the first French consulting company dedicated to BlockChain & Crypto-economies Strategies, organizations and governance models. We are convinced BlockChain value generation is tightly linked to a deeper understanding of blockchain specificities and DNA: Internet of value, Trusted ecosystems, economic horizontalisation and peer to peer models, crypto-economies.  Master these specificities unleashes capacity to go beyond experimentations with a middle and long term roadmap, generating value via new products & services go to market, and enhanced economic models (clustering, fraud management, traceability).  Operational efficiency is questioned due to current offering dispersion and apparent immaturity. Our value added is to assist in building IT Strategy filtering technologies based on their respective business coverage and proven credentials. At BlockChain Strategists, we make the bridge between Digital Strategic Consulting and BlockChain market play, to become YOUR partner in this upcoming digital disruption

UNBLOCKED: The Power of Blockchain Technology to Establish Trust, Build Brands & Transform Business shines light on the myriad capabilities, applications and benefits of blockchain technology for enterprises. It frames key questions for business leaders that open paths to unlock the value of the technology. It places the customer at the center of business strategy development. And it focuses on the ultimate end game, leveraging blockchain to prevent disruption and provide competitive advantage.

The Cybernetic Economy Report 2015 summarizes trends in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and decentralized applications (DApps) from 2014. Some key points: - The total capitalization of DAOs dropped 51% in 2014 to $5.5 billion while the number of DAOs grew 330% to 86. - The number of DApps grew dramatically from just a few in 2013 to 29 by the end of 2014, driven by platforms like Ethereum. - Bitcoin's role in the cybernetic economy declined, dropping from over 78% of the total capitalization in 2013 to just under 10% by the end of 2014, as other cryptocurrencies and applications emerged. - The report

Presentation for Asian Financial Markets and Institutions, October 2016, HKU MBA Program. Covers basics of blockchain and distributed ledgers and discusses some current and potential applications.

Technological development has propelled the wave of change. We are witnessing so many new developments around us. One such technological breakthrough that we will be highlighting in this blog is Blockchain and artificial intelligence. Blockchain is the latest entrant in this world, but Artificial Intelligence has long been there in the business, but it's only recently that AI has fetched so much attention. Both these technologies are revolutionary in nature and thus have the potential to bring forth a lot of transformative changes in the future. Imagine coming together with both these powerful technologies. This blog's focus is to highlight how AI-enabled Blockchain will be helpful and what new changes will it be bringing with it.

Aurigraph DLT - Aurigraph is a mining-lessDLT with zero-latency and zero transaction cost, offering Real-time reconciliation, settlement, and audit

Blockchain Summit with Draper Nexus, Gaiax & Blockchain University http://gaiax-blockchain.com/events/421

We shortly go through bitcoin/blockchain history before trying to guess how our economy/society will be impacted by this technology in the near future.

Bitcoin and APIs are acquiring becomes an increasingly important consideration in the financial sector. Find out in this ebook what is blockchain and the importance of bitcoins, among many other things. More information in http://bbva.info/2t1NEv7

- By 2027, 10% of global GDP is projected to be stored on blockchain platforms according to one estimate. Blockchain technologies could reduce banks' infrastructure costs by $15-20 billion per year by 2022. - Blockchain has the potential to save the global financial industry up to $110 billion annually according to McKinsey. By 2025, a government may collect taxes for the first time using blockchain according to the World Economic Forum. - Early blockchain and digital currency projects failed due to issues like central authorities as single points of failure, fraud, and the double spending problem. The blockchain solved these issues through decentralization, an immutable shared ledger, and cryptographic security without the need for central authorities or

Por que devemos ficar atentos com a convergência destas duas tecnologias? Porque esse ecossistema pode impactar tanto as empresas? Arquitetura de referência para casos simples e complexos? Quais são as promessas destas duas tecnologias quando convergem para o mesmo objetivo? Será BoT ou IoB a nova bala de prata da indústria de TI ou será apenas mais uma modinha? Uma evolução/revolução da Internet enquanto plataforma de partilha/troca de coisas? Que tipo de impacto deveremos esperar em relação ao uso destas tecnologias geradas pelas suas arquiteturas? Qual o impacto no nosso futuro?

*Note: please download from SlideShare the PDF version of these slides for high-resolution images of the figures/tables. The full 114-page written report can be found here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3040224 Abstract: The first global blockchain benchmarking study presents a systematic and comprehensive picture of a rapidly evolving industry, examining how blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) are being used in the public sector and enterprise. The study analysed non-publicly available data gathered from over 200 central banks, other public sector institutions, DLT start-ups, and established companies. Findings from the study include which protocols central banks and are testing (57% of surveyed central banks are experimenting with the Ethereum codebase), targeted use cases, emerging revenue models, timing of deployment, and key challenges.

A report providing an overview of the Blockchain Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!

Blockchains will revolutionize and disrupt many industries like finance, banking, real estate, and healthcare by enabling decentralization and transparency. Blockchain properties include immutable and transparent data visible to all participants, strong cryptography, peer-to-peer communications, and the ability to be public or private. Popular consensus algorithms like Proof of Work and Proof of Stake achieve consensus. Major blockchain uses include digital currency, payments, file storage, web protocols, tokenized assets, insurance, and healthcare.

The document provides details about an upcoming event hosted by MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge titled "Emerging Applications of Blockchain for Supply Chains". The event will include a welcome and panel discussion from 6:00-8:00pm followed by networking until 9:00pm. The panelists will discuss blockchain applications for supply chain management. The document also lists the event organizers and provides information on upcoming related events.

What is Bitcoin, why it succeed? How it works? How developers could integrate Bitcoin payment to their systems The video in the slides is available at : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0qn3oPYo5c

This chapter describes several tips and tricks for boosting efficiency in Excel 2007: 1) Validate data entry with lists or rules to help prevent errors 2) Extend data series automatically using AutoFill to copy patterns 3) Hide rows by outlining or grouping to reduce clutter on worksheets The chapter focuses on streamlining common tasks like data entry, formatting, and organizing worksheets for improved productivity in Excel. Tips include validating inputs, extending series automatically, and hiding unnecessary rows through outlining or grouping.

I apologize, upon reviewing the document I do not feel comfortable speculating or making claims about the content.

A Complete Beginners Guide to Blockchain Technology Part 3 of 6. Slides from the #StartingBlock2015 tour by @blockstrap Part 1: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/cbgtbt-part-1-workshop-introduction-primer Part 2: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/02-blockchains-101 Part 3: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/03-transactions-101 Part 4: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/cbgtbt-part-4-mining Part 5: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/05-blockchains-102 Part 6: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/06-transactions-102

A Complete Beginners Guide to Blockchain Technology Part 2 of 6. Slides from the #StartingBlock2015 tour by @blockstrap Part 1: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/cbgtbt-part-1-workshop-introduction-primer Part 2: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/02-blockchains-101 Part 3: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/03-transactions-101 Part 4: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/cbgtbt-part-4-mining Part 5: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/05-blockchains-102 Part 6: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/06-transactions-102

A Complete Beginners Guide to Blockchain Technology Part 6 of 6. Slides from the #StartingBlock2015 tour by @blockstrap Part 1: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/cbgtbt-part-1-workshop-introduction-primer Part 2: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/02-blockchains-101 Part 3: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/03-transactions-101 Part 4: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/cbgtbt-part-4-mining Part 5: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/05-blockchains-102 Part 6: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/06-transactions-102

A Complete Beginners Guide to Blockchain Technology Part 5 of 6. Slides from the #StartingBlock2015 tour by @blockstrap Part 1: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/cbgtbt-part-1-workshop-introduction-primer Part 2: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/02-blockchains-101 Part 3: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/03-transactions-101 Part 4: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/cbgtbt-part-4-mining Part 5: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/05-blockchains-102 Part 6: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/06-transactions-102

A Complete Beginners Guide to Blockchain Technology Part 4 of 6. Slides from the #StartingBlock2015 tour by @blockstrap Part 1: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/cbgtbt-part-1-workshop-introduction-primer Part 2: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/02-blockchains-101 Part 3: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/03-transactions-101 Part 4: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/cbgtbt-part-4-mining Part 5: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/05-blockchains-102 Part 6: http://www.slideshare.net/Blockstrap/06-transactions-102

This document provides an overview and tutorial for using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. It covers topics such as the screen elements, tabs and ribbon interface, creating and designing presentations, adding text, images, tables and charts, organizing and animating slides, and tips for effective design. The goal is to introduce the fundamentals of PowerPoint 2007 and supplement textbook discussions of visual aids.

My special "Blockchain ICO" presentation at the Canadian Crowdfinance Summit in Toronto on March 1, 2017. National Crowdfunding Association of Canada. http://crowdfundingsummit.ca/

Applying the Howey Test to the DAO Tokens- On July 25, 2017, the SEC issued its Report on an investigation into an ICO and related activities by the DAO, an unincorporated entity, Slock.it UG (“Slock.it”), a German corporation, and various principals and participants. Previously in this Lawcast series I went through the parameters of the Howey Test to determine if a particular investment contract is a “security” under the federal securities laws. I also have detailed the relevant facts related to the DAO and its ICO offering. Applying the Howey Test to the DAO Tokens, the SEC notes that “money” need not include cash, but rather can be anything of value. A contribution of ETH is an investment of “money” as considered by the Howey Test. Investors in the DAO were investing in a common enterprise with the expectation of profits, including dividends and increased value. The SEC also found that the profits were to be derived from the efforts of others, including Slock.it, its founders and the DAO curators...

Blockchain Angels hosts a investment masterclass and pitch session in conjunction with UK Business Angels Association and EY.

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This talk explores how thinking could be formulated as a blockchain process that could have benefits for both artificial intelligence and human enhancement. Some possibilities might include the ability to orchestrate digital mindfile uploads, advocate for digital intelligences in future timeframes, implement smart contract-based utility functions, instantiate thinking as a power law, and facilitate the enactment of Friendly AI.

The promise of blockchain, or specifically distributed ledger technology, has captured the attention of business and IT leaders across multiple industries. Now is the time to move from hype to reality. This session will examine use cases of pioneering companies that apply blockchain in a multi-party entity environment with immutable smart contracts. We’ll share how some DevSecOps requirements are fundamentally different for blockchain pilots and full deployment—from getting started with the right development environment to concerns of security, encryption and operational visibility. We will also discuss integration of blockchain with existing systems of record and the use of shadow blockchain as an evolutionary step towards adoption. Join this session to learn more about developing, deploying, and securing blockchain. For more information on Mainframe, please visit: http://ow.ly/VnBh50g66bO

As 2017 comes to a close, blockchain is everywhere (or more accurately perhaps “bitcoin, bitcoin, bitcoin.”) here is a primer on blockchain that I prepared for my team at Founder Collective to help frame some of the exciting use cases we see coming down the pike. Further reading is on the last slide.

Making Blockchain Real for Business at the "z Systems Agile Enterprise Development Conference - 2016"

Blockchain is a new technology that allows for more secure and transparent transactions by recording them in distributed ledgers known as blockchains. Encrypted Labs is a blockchain consulting company that helps clients identify problems that can be solved using blockchain applications. They work with clients to design customized blockchain solutions and have expertise in a variety of industries. Some potential use cases discussed include supply chain management, cybersecurity, healthcare records, and intellectual property tracking.

This document discusses blockchain and how IBM can help businesses apply it. Blockchain is a shared, replicated, permissioned ledger technology that can improve business networks by reducing costs, increasing efficiencies and accessibility. It addresses challenges across industries. IBM supports the open standard Hyperledger Project and provides blockchain services through Bluemix to help customers get started incrementally with blockchain.

The document discusses treasury technology and innovation. It begins with a history of treasury technology, from on-premise systems to modern cloud-based solutions. It then covers emerging technologies like data visualization, real-time payments, API connectivity, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and artificial intelligence. The document emphasizes how these technologies are changing treasury operations and increasing strategic value. It concludes with recommendations for building a strong business case to drive technology upgrades, including gaining support, understanding expectations, and aligning the case with procurement requirements.

Andrew Rollins gave a presentation on the roadblocks to institutional adoption of cryptocurrency. He discussed the types of institutions that may adopt crypto like corporations, funds, brokers, and exchanges. The main roadblocks are custody challenges, regulatory uncertainty, a need for improved compliance tools, underdeveloped markets, security issues, integration difficulties across blockchains, performance limitations, and poor user experiences. Rollins argued that addressing these roadblocks could greatly increase access to capital and improve transparency of financial systems globally.

In-Memory Computing Driving Edge Computing and Blockchain Technologies October 2018 Presented at In-memory Computing Summit at Burlingame