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Turns out, blockchain technology isn’t quite as foolproof as all the hype would have you believe. A new article from MIT Technology Review explains that as blockchain systems become increasingly complicated, the likelihood that they can – and most assuredly will – be hacked goes through the roof.
Over the past decade, we have witnessed the emergence of revolutionary innovation, of which the evolutionary significance is yet to be fully recognized. Of course, we’re referring to the blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and, more generally, the phenomenon that we describe as the Internet of Value. Blockchain and related technologies have the opportunity to transform the world of finance and other value systems, in exactly the manner by which the Internet has transformed the way we exchange information.
There have been some key milestones leading up to this point: the launch of Bitcoin in 2008; the emergence of altcoins from 2011 onwards; the launch of Ethereum in 2015. We call this Layer 1 — the foundational level — with the economic function of value creation and the technical one of ensuring the basic functionality of accounting and transfer of crypto assets. All of this is implemented on the basis of distributed registries and with the conditions of interaction strictly regulated at the code level.
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The United States Patent Office published a patent yesterday, filed by Salesforce, for an email messaging system designed to filter spam. This system uses a blockchain to "ensure integrity of message delivery," as the filing states.
Screenshot of the U.S. Patent Office’s record of Salesforce’s new patent
With this article series, I want to deliver an in-depth understanding of not only blockchain and its applications, but also an understanding of how it interweaves with Artificial Intelligence.
Let’s start with blockchain and understand its features.
Last week, I attended the WIRED Smarter conference in London and wrote an article about a presentation from the Energy track that explained how Google is using DeepMind to reduce energy consumption in its data centers.
My favorite presentation of the day came from Maria McKavanagh, the Chief operating officer at Verv, called “Creating a new energy marketplace that’s powered by data,” and brought together machine learning, IoT and blockchain.
It was great speaking with Torsten Zube, Head of Blockchain at SAP, about their new services that help customers integrate blockchain and the two new consortia that accelerate industry-specific blockchain co-innovation with customers and partners.
The new network extensibility services enable customers and partners to integrate different blockchain infrastructures seamlessly. By providing equal functionalities irrespective of their environment, it supports the interplay between:
L’exploitation des données personnelles à du plomb dans l’aile. Le Gartner propose deux pistes pour aller de l’avant et revenir à des niveaux de traitement de flux de données qui permettent de travailler normalement.
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SAP est certain que la blockchain sera un vrai sujet pour l’entreprise, les processus d’affaires et l’IT.
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Fin 2018, le réseau pourrait consommer jusqu’à 7,7 gigawatts, soit presque autant que l’Autriche (8.2 gigawatts).
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