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Strategies & Market Trends
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
An SI Board Since December 2017
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Emcee:  Glenn Petersen Type:  Moderated
A blockchain is a digitized, decentralized and globally distributed public ledger of transactions that is constantly growing as completed blocks (the most recent transactions) are recorded and added to it in chronological order. The Harvard Business Review has described it as “an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way.” A blockchain is typically managed by a peer-to-peer network collectively adhering to a protocol for validating new blocks. Once recorded, the data in any given block cannot be altered retroactively without the alteration of subsequent blocks, which requires collusion of all of the other blocks in a chain. All of this happens in an open and transparent environment.

The first blockchain was conceptualized in 2008 by an anonymous person or group known as Satoshi Nakamoto and implemented in 2009 as the core component of the technology underlying bitcoin, where it now serves as the public ledger for almost all cryptocurrency transactions.

Blockchain’s cryptocurrency applications are only the tip of the iceberg of its potential applications. Some observers believe that the widespread adoption of the blockchain technology could potentially be more disruptive than the introduction of the Internet. Some blockchain boosters say that the development of blockchain rivals, in significance, the introduction of double-entry bookkeeping in Renaissance Italy. Blockchain in this context is triple-entry bookkeeping where the third entry is a verifiable cryptographic receipt of every transaction.

Many businesses, from energy to healthcare to food are already exploring and implementing blockchains in an effort to trim costs\ and secure and share information more efficiently. They do so knowing that there very survival may be at stake.

Corporations and individuals can create private “permissioned” blockchains which use an access control layer to govern who has access to the network. In contract to public blockchain networks, the users on private networks are vetted by the network owner.

This board has been created to discuss the underlying technology of blockchain, the potential and actual usage of the technology and, most importantly, the investment opportunities surrounding blockchain. Inevitably, these will include the cryptocurrencies and some casino stock plays that will flare out and crash.

"Software is eating the world" - Marc Andreessen

External resources

Cryptocurrency market caps: coinmarketcap.com

Estimated cost of Gas transactions: 28-22 Gwei | GAS NOW - ETH Gas Price forecast system

Satoshi Nakamoto whitepaper (Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System): bitcoin.org

Vitalik Buterin whitepaper (A Next Generation Smart Contract & Decentralized Application Platform): the-blockchain.com

Decrypt: Your guide to Bitcoin, Ethereum & Web 3.0 - Decrypt

Coindesk: coindesk.com

Cointelegraph: cointelegraph.com

The Block: The Block - The first and final word in digital assets (theblockcrypto.com)

Related SI boards

Bitcoin:
Subject 59173

GBTC: Bitcoin Investment Trust (not an ETF): Subject 59732

Coinbase Global: Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN) | Stock Discussion Forums (siliconinvestor.com)

Riot Blockchain: Riot Blockchain, Inc. (RIOT) | Stock Discussion Forums (siliconinvestor.com)

IOTA (which does not use a traditional blockchain technology): Subject 59917

Binance (BNB): Subject 59928

Wagerr (WGR): Subject 59927

Fintech: Subject 59550

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6090Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao must stay in US for time being, judge says ByGlenn Petersen-yesterday
6089Coinbase CEO says crypto industry can turn the page after historic Binance settlGlenn Petersen-yesterday
6088Thanks.longz-Sunday
6087I think this is the link. nasa.govClaude Cormier-Sunday
6086GOLD...................... BITCOIN............. [graphic]longz-last Friday
6085@SanNL11: SATP spotted in new BIS + Bank of Korea CBDC paper regarding whw0z-last Friday
6084Link No workie...longz-last Thursday
6083Korea to pilot digital currency with 100,000 citizens next year Posted : 2023-1Glenn Petersen-last Thursday
6082With this technology its a game changer for data and communication transfer. .Unchassef-last Thursday
6081XRP/Total Victory For Ripple???SEC Excludes XRP From List Of Crypto Securities |Savant-last Thursday
6080Grayscale Files Updated Spot Bitcoin ETF Prospectus After Meeting With SEC InGlenn Petersen1last Thursday
6079ADAUSD... Cardano..... [graphic]longz-last Wednesday
6078Not possible on a well written DEX. Not possible on Cardano itself.Claude Cormier1last Wednesday
6077Binance to Pay $4.3B to Settle U.S. Criminal Case; Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Rlongz-last Wednesday
6076<i> You are talking about FTX and these centralized crypto platforms<Elroy-last Wednesday
6075Indeed, I agree with you. They (brokers, banks, exchanges) will want that. So thClaude Cormier1last Wednesday
6074<i> What Axo-Trade has achieved on Cardano can only be done on Cardano.Elroy1last Wednesday
6073No.Not really. What Axo-Trade has achieved on Cardano can only be done on CardaClaude Cormier1last Wednesday
6072Trading stocks on a decentralized exchange sounds like a great idea if it can beElroy-last Tuesday
6071THE FUTURE OF TRADING AXO-TRADE on CARDANO The best way to understand what is Claude Cormier3last Tuesday
6070BNB popped to $269 and dropped to $2.38 today...$242 for nowSavant-last Tuesday
6069Yellen and crew on justice.gov crowing about the $4.3 billion coup and more enfoSavant-last Tuesday
6068Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to plead guilty to federal charges, step down PUBLISGlenn Petersen-last Tuesday
6067Cardano leading Ethereum in this X pole: [tweet]Claude Cormier2November 20
6066Those interested by Cardano progress can find a weekly devlopment report here onClaude Cormier3November 17
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