Accenture Advocates Separating Blockchain from Bitcoin Mechanism
Multinational technology service company Accenture has advocated the separation of Bitcoin from its distributed ledger technology, the blockchain. According to a journal, jointly penned by the company's managing directors Owen Jelf and Sigrid Seibold, the blockchain's association with its native digital currency is somewhat effecting its adaptability in corporate environments and public financial marketplaces. The post has neatly criticized blockchain for supporting anonymous consensuses which, as per the Accenture's directors, heavily rely on "costly proof-of-work algorithm, public....
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