Distributed Ledgers

Banking

Intel is Winning Over Blockchain Critics By Reimagining Bitcoin’s DNA

A look at Intel's project inspired by bitcoin's proof-of-work.

Tech  ·  5 December 2016
Bitcoin

Bitfury Paper Makes Case For Auditability As Blockchain’s Defining Feature

What makes a blockchain a blockchain?

Tech  ·  29 November 2016
Blockchain

Blockchain Healthcare Conference Showcases Skepticism and Promise

Blockchain's pie-in-the-sky optimism got some pushback during the Distributed: Health conference this week.

Business  ·  7 October 2016
Ethereum

Making Sense of Blockchain’s Summer of Stupid (On Perfect Illusions)

What do we make of the blockchain's confounding summer of 2016? CoinDesk's Pete Rizzo attempts to explain.

Tech  ·  16 September 2016
Ethereum

Why Our Economic Liberty Depends on the Blockchain 

Should 'trustless-ness' be a requirement for transacting safely in a free-market economy?

Markets  ·  11 September 2016
Banking

If You Understand Google Docs, You Can Understand Blockchain

Consensus algorithms? Economic game theory? Let's put that aside for a second.

Business  ·  8 September 2016
Banking

The Emergence of Blockchains as Activity Registers

In this opinion piece, Antony Lewis argues that the term 'distributed ledger' needs clarifying due to the new emerging use cases for the technology.

Business  ·  13 August 2016
Banking

BNP Paribas Lab to Focus on Distributed Ledgers

BNP Paribas Securities Services has announced a new innovation lab that will focus on big data and distributed ledger tech.

Business  ·  24 June 2016
Blockchain Technology

With Blockchain, Where There’s Smoke, There’s Usually More Smoke

In this op-ed, Jonathan and Robert Wolinsky of the Genesis Project focus on the blockchain technology industry's inability to deliver on its promise.

Tech  ·  19 June 2016
Banking

On Blockchain Disillusionment and Bitcoin’s Big Bad Wolves

Beneath the headlines, there’s arguably been the early stirrings of a sea change in the blockchain industry.

Markets  ·  18 May 2016
Europe

ECB Paper: Distributed Ledgers Likely to Bring ‘Gradual’ Change

The European Central Bank has published a working paper on blockchain tech, examining its potential role in securities markets.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 April 2016
Features

SWIFT Attracts Jeers and Praise for Distributed Ledger Embrace

Blockchain industry leaders weigh in on the latest news that payments service SWIFT is building a distributed ledger platform.

Markets  ·  22 April 2016
News

Financial Stability Board Weighs Distributed Ledger Risks

The Financial Stability Board reviewed distributed ledger technology as part of a meeting to set its 2016 priorities this week.

Markets  ·  31 March 2016
Proof-of-Work

Can Trust-Based Private Blockchains Be Trusted?

Researcher Bob Wolinsky looks at the challenges facing permissioned blockchains, arguing they are unable to provide immutable records.

Markets  ·  5 March 2016
Ethereum

Inside Earthport’s Bid to Push Banks Past Blockchain R&D

CoinDesk looks at how Earthport is adding blockchain technology to existing product lines through its Distributed Ledger Payments Hub.

Tech  ·  8 February 2016