BLOCKCHAIN: PHILOSOPHY, TECHNOLOGY, APPLICATIONS AND RISKS

The Blockchain Technology: Some Theory and Applications

Since its 2008 appearance as a cornerstone of the cryptocurrency bitcoin, the blockchain technology gained widespread attention as a modality to securily validate and store information without a trusted third party. Indeed trust is replaced by cryptographic security, epitomised by hash functions, a unique fingerprint of any information file. The paper is a quick overview of the main concepts an...

Applications of Blockchain Technology beyond Cryptocurrency

The goal of this research paper is to summarise the literature on implementation of the Blockchain and similar digital ledger techniques in various other domains beyond its application to crypto-currency and to draw appropriate conclusions. Blockchain being relatively a new technology, a representative sample of research is presented, spanning over the last ten years, starting from the early wo...

Blockchain Applications and Use Cases in Health Information Technology

Blockchain technology applications have the potential to transform our current use of health information technology and the associated hardware and software infrastructure. The underlying technology and associated crypto currency with its decentralized architecture suggests a range of applications that can, we argue, bring cost savings and efficiencies versus traditional legacy systems currentl...

Blockchain Technology in Finance

Opportunities and Risks of Blockchain Technologies

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 17132 “Opportunities and Risks of Blockchain Technologies”. Blockchain-based applications such as Bitcoin or Ethereum are emerging technologies, but a dramatic increase in industrial and academic interest in the technology is evident. Start-ups and large financial players are working intensely on blockchain-based application...