Will IBM or Microsoft Become the King of Blockchain?
“Chess is not always about winning. Sometimes it’s simply about learning.” This anonymous quote summarizes the new battle between old antagonists; IBM and Microsoft. These two tech giants have staked competing claims to blockchain dominance by backing competing standards. IBM supports hyperledger while Microsoft is pushing Ethereum. Both are decentralized ledgers that can be used to manage […]
The Ghost in the Blockchain: 5 Reasons It Will Revolutionize Financial Services
I’m writing this post from the comfort of my Airbnb apartment in Tel Aviv where the news has just broken of Intel’s purchase of MobileEye, an Israeli firm that has developed chips for cameras that allow cars to ‘see’ the road ahead of them. The $15 billion Intel is spending is another validation of the […]
7 Challenges Holding Back Blockchain
Nearly three years ago, Internet pioneer and Silicon Valley uber-investor Marc Andreessen wrote an article in the New York Times about how the technology behind Bitcoin, the digital currency, is in a state similar to the World Wide Web in the 1990’s. He predicted that a company using Bitcoin technology, would soon lead a wave of disruption across the financial services […]
