Immutability

Northern Trust Wins Patent for Storing Meeting Minutes on a Blockchain

Northern Trust Corporation has been granted a patent for a system to create immutable records of meetings on a blockchain.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 June 2018

The Blockchain Immutability Myth

MultiChain's Gideon Greenspan offers his latest insight into blockchain design, this time attacking the idea blockchains can truly be immutable.

Business  ·  9 May 2017
Banking

The Case Against Editable Blockchains

Making blockchains editable opens up financial systems to the potential for fraud, says author and investor Brian Kelly

Business  ·  30 September 2016
Regulation

Accenture: Absolute Immutability Will Slow Blockchain Progress

David Treat, managing director and head of Accenture's capital markets blockchain practice, opines on the difficulties of immutability.

Business  ·  20 September 2016
Trust

Bitcoin: The Trust Anchor in a Sea of Blockchains

Bitcoin software engineer Jameson Lopp takes a deep and enlightening dive into the unique attributes that make up blockchains.

Markets  ·  23 July 2016
Bitcoin

Why Blockchain Immutability is a Perpetual Motion Claim

Is immutability becoming the next overhyped blockchain buzzword? Bitcoin pundit Chris DeRose discusses in his latest op-ed.

Tech  ·  7 July 2016