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How-industries-are-investing-in-blockchain
BlockchainDec 3, 2019

How Industries are Investing in Blockchain?

Blockchain has been the buzzword in the finance and banking industry for a long time now. It has the potential to disrupt the banking industry altogether. But what not everybody talks about is the new applications that researchers are finding for blockchain in different industries. Blockchain began…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
How-to-Design-and-Deploy-Your-First-Smart-Contract
BlockchainDec 2, 2019

How to Design and Deploy Your First Smart Contract?

A smart contract is used to describe the computer program code which is capable of facilitating, executing, and enforcing an agreement using Blockchain technology. Smart contracts help you to exchange money, property, shares, or anything of value in a transparent and conflict-free way avoiding the…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
Is-There-a-possibility-for-Swiss-Banks-to-Enter-the-Crypto-Market-in-Future
BlockchainDec 2, 2019

Is There a Possibility for Swiss Banks to Enter the Crypto Market in the Future?

Multiple joint projects between crypto companies and banks in Switzerland will now provide customers with the opportunity to invest in digital assets and reap the advantages of banking services with respect to cryptocurrencies. It is taking place in a regulated crypto market, as Switzerland has…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
Hyperledger-Quilt-The-Business-Blockchain-Tool
HyperledgerNov 29, 2019

Hyperledger Quilt: The Business Blockchain Tool

Hyperledger, as most of us would be familiar with, is an open-source, global collaboration hosted by The Linux Foundation. It helps create and develop enterprise-grade, distributed ledger frameworks to support business transactions. Hyperledger was launched in the year 2016 with an organizational…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
How-Blockchain-Improves-the-Supply-Chains-of-the-Fashion-Domain
BlockchainNov 27, 2019

How Blockchain Improves the Supply Chains of the Fashion Domain?

It is currently an exciting time of innovation for the apparel industry, or in other words, the fashion industry. There are numerous brands and retailers that are creating new and dynamic ways to attract, engage, and retain customers. Previously, a lack of transparency in an enterprise’s…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
Why-the-Demand-for-blockchain-Developers-is-through-the-roof
BlockchainNov 27, 2019

Why the Demand for Blockchain Developers is ‘through the roof’?

Ever since the huge bull wave of December 2017, interest in Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies have been soaring. Blockchain is an emerging technology, and there aren’t enough qualified Blockchain developers that can be hired. That has led to a significant demand and supply gap of…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
Types-of-Blockchain-in-the-Market--Which-One-is-Better
BlockchainNov 25, 2019

Types of Blockchain in the Market: Which One is Better?

A blockchain, as most of us, are aware, is an encrypted, distributed database that aids in the secure transfer of ownership using public-key encryption methods. In other words, it is a transparent, trustless, publicly accessible ledger that uses decentralized consensus to maintain the network. This…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
Hyperledger-fabric---Top-Use-cases
BlockchainNov 24, 2019

Hyperledger Fabric – Top Use Cases 

Blockchain-based Supply Platform for Pharmaceuticals IBM unveiled several new blockchain enterprise systems to be built using Hyperledger Fabric in April 2017. The company partnered up with the Chinese company Sichuan Hejia to develop a blockchain-based supply platform for pharmaceuticals.…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
Top-10-Reasons-to-Get-a-Blockchain-Expert-Certification
BlockchainNov 22, 2019

Top 10 Reasons to Get a Blockchain Expert Certification

Blockchain, as we know, is one of the highest in-demand, candidate-short industries. But this high demand is not just for developers. This demand for blockchain industry knowledge spreads across various designations such as stockbrokers, marketers, receptionists, security guards, and shipping…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
How-Blockchain-enabled-Processes-Change-the-Way-Industries-Work
BlockchainNov 20, 2019

How Blockchain-enabled Processes Change the Way Industries Work?

Blockchain, as we know, is a distributed database that is a decentralized, digital ledger shared over a large computing network. Each computer on the network has a shared copy of the ledger and can access it at any time but cannot alter or delete any record or information stored on a blockchain.…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
Best-Programming-Languages-to-Build-Smart-Contracts
BlockchainNov 20, 2019

Best Programming Languages to Build Smart Contracts

As most of us might now be aware, Bitcoin was invented to replace banks, but blockchain, the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies, proved that it could replace almost any intermediary. This way, digital money came into existence. Following this, programmable money was introduced, and this was…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma
Leveraging-Blockchain-to-Transform-the-Public-Sector
BlockchainNov 18, 2019

Leveraging Blockchain to Transform the Public Sector

Blockchain experiments in the global sector are accelerating on a global scale. From the scenario of none about three years ago, today, more than 20 countries are running tests, pilots, and trails to examine the broad utility of the blockchain architecture as a basis for developing individual…

Toshendra Kumar Sharma