Category Archives: BlockChain
InsurWave Blockchain Platform – Technology & Other Details
Insurwave is claimed to be world’s first marine insurance blockchain platform launched as a result of a joint venture by Ernst & Young (EY), GuardTime and insurance industry participants. This looks to be a permissioned blockchain platform requiring the member organizations (maritime companies, brokers, insurers, and reinsurers) to be authorized prior to becoming part of the Blockchain consortium. InsurWave Blockchain Platform is used to? The blockchain platform is used to achieve some of the following objectives: Store data related to assets Store data about identities, risk, and exposures Associate date to smart contracts Connects assets, transactions, and payments Integrate this information with insurance contracts. What’s the technology behind InsurWave? The following are some of the key aspects of the technology used …
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency – Key Concepts to Know
The following are some of the most popular Blockchain and Cryptocurrency jargons or terminologies or concepts that are good to know when you are delving into technology landscape of Blockchain. Blockchain (What is Blockchain Technology?) Genesis block: The first block of a blockchain. Merkel’s tree algorithm: It is fundamental to blockchain technology. Simply speaking, a Merkle tree summarizes all the transactions in a block by producing a digital fingerprint of the entire set of transactions, thereby enabling a user to verify whether or not a transaction is included in a block. Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency exchanges: These are businesses which allow users to trade cryptocurrencies for other assets. Distributed ledger: Blockchain is one type of …
Blockchain – Bitcoin Explorer Relaunched
Here is the newly launched portal, https://explorer.bitcoin.com/bch for getting details on Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Front page displays details on latest blocks and transactions. One could easily analyze transactions, blocks, and addresses on both the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin Core (BTC) chains. All you need to do is select the type of cryptocurrency (BTC or BCH) in the top right vertical menu and you would be able to see the transactions and related details of that specific blockchain. Currently, bitcoin blockchain explorer is supported in five different languages: English Hindi Svenska Chinese Russian Note that Bitcoin cash (BCH) is a cryptocurrency which is used on the Blockchain …
What Blockchain can do and What it can’t do?
Blockchain is a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography. Each block typically contains a hash pointer as a link to a previous block, a timestamp and transaction data. By design, a blockchain is inherently resistant to modification of the data. Simply speaking, Blockchain helps in decentralizing the ledger or data or database with the help of cryptography. The blockchain is also called as distributed ledger technology. Some of the famous blockchains are Bitcoin blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin etc. In this post, you will learn different aspects related to what Blockchain can do and what it can not do. On the lighter …
Blockchain Architect – A Sample Job Description
Blockchain application development is going mainstream, and hence, would be requiring professionals with different roles and responsibilities including Blockchain architect, Blockchain developer etc. You may want to check out different Blockchain job designations on this page. The following is a list of points which can be made part of job description for Blockchain architect and related designations such as Blockchain platform architect, Blockchain solution architect, Blockchain lead architect etc. Demonstrate good understanding of Blockchain fundamentals, smart contracts, consensus algorithms Good understanding of different types of Blockchain such as public, private/permissioned, public permissioned etc. Good understanding of Blockchain framework such as Hyperledger Fabric, R3 Corda, Ethereum (Solidity) Good understanding of various …
Cheat sheet – 1500 Cryptocurrency Tokens / Coins & Details – Part 4
This post lists down some of the following information related to different cryptocurrency coins/tokens. This could be used as a quick reference/cheat sheet to get quick information about any specific cryptocurrency coin. Token name Ticker Symbol used in cryptocurrency exchanges Company’s Website Explorer where details in relation to coins, tokens can be found Source code (Github) Twitter handle List of 400 Cryptocurrency Tokens / Coins S.No Token Name Explorer Source Code Twitter 1101 Cannation (CNNC) Explorer 1 GitHub 1102 Dogecoin (DOGE) Explorer 1 GitHub @dogecoin 1103 Delphy (DPY) Explorer 1, Explorer 2 GitHub @delphy_org 1104 MicroMoney (AMM) Explorer 1, Explorer 2 GitHub @micromoneyio 1105 AnarchistsPrime (ACP) Explorer 1 GitHub …
Cheat sheet – 1500 Cryptocurrency Tokens / Coins & Details – Part 3
This post lists down some of the following information related to 400 different cryptocurrency coins/tokens. This could be used as a quick reference/cheat sheet to get quick information about any specific cryptocurrency coin. Token name Ticker Symbol used in cryptocurrency exchanges Company’s Website Explorer where details in relation to coins, tokens can be found Source code (Github) Twitter handle List of 400 Cryptocurrency Tokens / Coins S.No Token Name Explorer Source Code Twitter 701 Sparks (SPK) Explorer 1 GitHub @Sparks_Crypro 702 ALQO (ALQO) Explorer 1, Explorer 2 GitHub @ALQOCOIN 703 Curecoin (CURE) Explorer 1 GitHub @CureCoin_Team 704 NVO (NVST) Explorer 1 GitHub @nvoexchange 705 IslaCoin (ISL) Explorer 1 GitHub …
Cheat sheet – 1500 Cryptocurrency Tokens / Coins & Details – Part 2
This post lists down some of the following information related to different cryptocurrency coins / tokens. This could be used as a quick reference/cheatsheet to get quick information about any specific cryptocurrency coin. Token name Ticker Symbol used in cryptocurrency exchanges Company’s Website Explorer where details in relation to coins, tokens can be found Source code (Github) Twitter handle List of 400 Cryptocurrency Tokens / Coins S.No Token Name Explorer Source Code Twitter 301 SwagBucks (BUCKS) Explorer 1, Explorer 2 GitHub @SwagSociety_me 302 Etherparty (FUEL) Explorer 1, Explorer 2 GitHub @etherparty_com 303 Ripio Credit Network (RCN) Explorer 1, Explorer 2 GitHub @RCN_token 304 Revain (R) Explorer 1, Explorer 2 …
Cheat sheet – 1500 Cryptocurrency Tokens / Coins & Details
This post lists down some of the following information related to different cryptocurrency coins/tokens. This could be used as a quick reference/cheat sheet to get quick information about any specific cryptocurrency coin. Token name, Ticker Symbol used in cryptocurrency exchanges, Company’s Website Explorer where details in relation to coins, tokens can be found Source code (Github) Twitter handle This post lists down 300 tokens. The remaining 1200 tokens are split into another 3 pages such as below: 300-700 Cryptocurrency Tokens 700-1100 Cryptocurrency Tokens 1100-1500 Cryptocurrency Tokens List of 300 Cryptocurrency Tokens / Coins S.No Token Name Explorer Source Code Twitter 1 Primalbase Token (PBT) Explorer 1 @primalbasehq 2 CHIPS (CHIPS) …
Blockchain Architect – Top 20 Project Implementation Considerations
When everyone is considering implementation different projects using Blockchain (distributed ledger) technology, it becomes key for Blockchain architects and leaders to pay attention to some of the key considerations including challenges related with blockchain projects implementation. On the lighter note, the comic strip below is a representation of the need for Blockchain architects required to get into several details including different architecture considerations before starting on a blockchain projects. In this post, you will learn about key considerations to be made by Blockchain architects and leads before starting on the Blockchain projects. Blockchain Project Implementation – Key Considerations Learning from similar project implementations: Analysis of blockchain-related implementations in similar and/or …
Blockchain Use case: Monitoring Global Climate Change
United Nations Climate Change secretariat recently announced that it would be supporting usage of distributed ledger technology (DLT) aka Blockchain for monitoring global climate change. In this relation, on 12 December 2017 in Paris, a multi-stakeholder group of 25 organizations working on distributed ledger technology (DLT, i.e. blockchain) held a meeting to agree to collaborate and establish an open global initiative called the Climate Chain Coalition (CCC). Given that Global climate change is an issue which needs a lot of trust and transparency between participating countries, Blockchain technology forms the key. Here is a comic strip which represents the same. In this post, you will learn about aspects of climate …
Electron uses Blockchain Technology for innovating Energy Sector
Electron, a blockchain-based startup out of UK, is innovating in the energy sector for enabling the energy creators (such as micro-grids and mini-grids) to trade energy with those requiring energy while ensuring data security, transparency and traceability/provenance. The company has got experts from the areas of blockchain energy and e-trading coming together and building innovative products for achieving some of the following objectives in relation to energy creation and trading: Decentralization: The idea is that Energy production and distribution should no longer be limited to the large enterprises (especially government ones). Given the ease with which one can generate renewable energy sources such as sun and wind, one should be …
Cryptocurrency – Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash Difference
Bitcoin is the first decentralized digital cryptocurrency which can be transacted between different users without the need for a trusted centralized bank. The bitcoin transactions are recorded in a shared distributed ledger which is maintained by the computer nodes (peer nodes) in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. The underlying technology is called as distributed ledger technology (DLT) or Blockchain. The ticker symbol for Bitcoin is BTC. Last year in 2017, Bitcoin Cash came into existence. Having similar names, it may get confusing as to whether they are same? Can Bitcoins be converted into Bitcoin Cash based on any formula? Well, Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash are different. If you have come across …
Top 10 Global Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms (2018)
Every other person interested in cryptocurrencies is looking out for trusted and popular cryptocurrency trading/exchange platforms where he/she could trade or exchange digital currencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) etc. In this post, you are provided with the following list of digital currency exchange (in order of popularity) which is created based on Google Search trends. Please note that this list will be updated from time-to-time to maintain the data sanity. Feel free to suggest. Binance Coinbase – Enables buying and selling for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) Bittrex – Supports trading of some of the following currencies: Bitcoin (BTC) Ubiq (UBQ) Litecoin (LTC) Blackcoin (BLK) …
Cryptocurrency – Technology behind Ledger Hardware Wallet Blue
Ledger, a french cryptocurrency start-up has raised $75 million for taking their hardware wallets for securing storage and transactions of cryptocurrencies around the world, and, also invest further in research and development programs. The primary goal of these hardware wallets is to store the cryptocurrency such as bitcoin and ethereum holdings offline to remove the risk of being hacked. The following are couple of products by ledger in relation to securely storing and transacting cryptocurrencies: Ledger Blue (Bitcoins) Ledger Nano S (Bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies) In this post, you will learn about the technology behind Ledger’s Hardware Wallet product, namely, Ledger Wallet Blue. In one of the …
Understanding Ethereum – Top 10+ Free Web Resources (Books, PDFs)
Ethereum is a Blockchain app platform that maintains a secure decentralized generalized transaction ledger and runs smart contracts. Smart contracts are, primarily, apps/programs which run on decentralized network and carry out transactions (manipulate digital unit of value) based on pre-defined contracts. Understanding Ethereum is key for blockchain developers as it has become a shared global infrastructure for moving value around and representing the ownership of property with the help of smart contracts. In this post, you will get some good URLs/links to pages (or PDFs) on the internet which provides good read/help docs for understanding Ethereum and get started with it in an easy manner. Ethereum Website Help Documentation: Provides detailed information on Ethereum. Right from the horses’ mouth …
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