Blockchain and Financial Sector: Revolution Underway
Sep 02, 2019 14:29 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Born in 2008, the blockchain, or distributed ledger technology (DLT) was originally seen as a weird innovation, used by a few libertarian geeks. Most people would have never heard the term in the first place, was it not...
Libra: four reasons to be extremely cautious about Facebook's new currency
Jun 23, 2019 14:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Facebook has unveiled libra, a cryptocurrency that will enable users to make international payments over Messenger and other group platforms like WhatsApp perhaps from as soon as 2020. Heres how it looks likely to...
With cryptocurrency launch, Facebook sets its path toward becoming an independent nation
Jun 19, 2019 02:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Facebook has announced a plan to launch a new cryptocurrency named the Libra, adding another layer to its efforts to dominate global communications and business. Backed by huge finance and technology companies including...
Facebook claims Libra offers economic empowerment to billions – an economist is skeptical
Jun 19, 2019 02:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Facebook is joining the cryptocurrency craze. Should we be concerned? The social network site on June 18 said its launching a new cryptocurrency called Libra with the help of 27 partners, including MasterCard, Visa,...
Creatives in the country? Blockchain and agtech can create unexpected jobs in regional Australia
Jun 12, 2019 23:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are said to make many jobs redundant due to automation. BeefLedger, a QUT research project with a focus on blockchain and agtech (agricultural...
Blockchain can help break the chains of modern slavery, but it is not a complete solution
May 02, 2019 17:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Digital Currency
Theres a good chance the device on which you are reading this contains cobalt. Its an essential metal for batteries in phones and laptops. Theres also a chance the cobalt was mined by slaves. Almost two-thirds of the...
The future of blockchain according to experts in the energy sector
Mar 06, 2019 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Blockchain technology is a decentralised digital ledger that keeps public but encrypted records of peer-to-peer transactions. All members of a blockchain network can verify whether a transaction occurred or not, rendering...
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