Blockchain

Beyond the hype: exploring the benefits of blockchain

Is blockchain the answer to a question no one asked? Paul Hearns goes beyond the bluster to look at whether the technology can deliver on its promises

Blockchain is a system of recording information in a manner that makes it difficult or impossible to alter, hack or cheat the system

No one in the business world can have escaped the talk around blockchain. A highly charged debate has seen it referred to as “one of the most significant technological breakthroughs of the 21st century,” and the foundation of a new infrastructure for enterprise, as well as “junk” which is “lacking use cases”, with one academic labelling it “garbage” and a “fraud”.

What is the real story? Is blockchain the answer to a question no one ...