Modeling the Blockchain for Business Use
As one of the hottest technological developments making the rounds in financial circles, the blockchain has a lot of people hooked. But there is not yet much clarity on how blockchain technology will impact private business, given that it is so unlike traditional IT architectures. Private blockchain applications are amalgams of cryptography, immutable....
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