The People’s Hospital of Chengmai County has issued the first electronic bill on its blockchain-based invoice management platform in South China’s Hainan province, which brands itself as the country’s blockchain hub.
Luxury Watchmaker Breitling Adds Its First Timepieces to a Blockchain
In a rare example of real-world business deployment, Breitling is registering watches on a blockchain to track their provenance from owner to owner.
Yes, You May Need a Blockchain
Balaji S. Srinivasan is the former CTO of Coinbase, a Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a member of CoinDesk’s advisory board. The following article originally appeared in Consensus Magazine, distributed exclusively to attendees of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2019 event. There’s a certain kind of developer who states that blockchains are just terrible databases. As the […]
Tobacco Giant Philip Morris Is Building a Different Kind of ‘Public’ Blockchain
Tobacco giant Philip Morris is working on a “public blockchain,” an executive said, though not quite in the commonly understood sense.
Road to Consensus with Kadena’s Will Martino: Who Needs Private Blockchain?
The Power of Private Blockchains Is Beginning to Show
Is it time to rethink private blockchains? The World Bank’s “blockchain bond” success has reinvigorated that question.
The Public-Private Blockchain Singularity May Be Close At Hand
A year ago, enterprise blockchain and cryptocurrency were essentially separate industries. Now come signs that these camps might be slowly converging.
Insurance Giant Allianz Is Testing a Token to Move Money Internally
Allianz is testing a blockchain token to move money between its global affiliates.