Seriously, What the Hell Is a Blockchain? Blockchains are often explained with a lot of tech jargon by people in mathematics, cryptography, and network engineering. It turns out that blockchains are ...

A blockchain is essentially a decentralized ledger that maintains transaction records on many computers simultaneously. Once a group, or block, of records is entered into the ledger, the block’s ...

A blockchain is a kind of database invented in 2008 that stores and secures information in sequential blocks. Unlike the case with traditional databases, a blockchain’s contents are not kept on a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Nicosia. Three years ago, blockchain had an energy problem. Now that ...

IBM has launched a blockchain platform aimed at the financial services industry. So far, nine financial services companies, including banks Barclays and Citi, are involved in the proof of concept. IBM ...

The blockchain industry is undergoing a cultural and technological shift, moving from traditional top-down innovation to a ...

Cryptocurrency — it just might go down as the word of the year for 2017. With bitcoin and other currencies reaching all-time highs in December, thousands of investors are getting in on the crypto-boom ...

DexFreight, a blockchain-based logistics platform provider, has announced a contract with Veracruz, Mexico, to develop a proof of concept for a blockchain-driven port community system. In our fourth ...