Consensus wrap up: Where was the bitcoin rally?
The news of deals and grand reveals at Consensus has been a constant flow for the past three days and all of it delivered with the usual fervor of futuristic big thinkers. But what we didn't see this year was the the bitcoin price rally peddled heavily by fund manager Fundstrat.
PoW vs PoS — the debate defined
Often overlooked in any discussion about cryptocurrencies, is the critical importance of consensus algorithms and how fundamental they are to the application and potential of any blockchain coin or token.While nobody disagrees with the general concept of consensus agreement being fundamental to the legitimacy of a blockchain, debate continues, however, around what is the best process by which to achieve that consensus.
Distributed Ledgers in Payments: Beyond the Bitcoin Hype
The report spends time describing âestablished technologies, â that distributed ledgers combine. The block chain, Digital signatures, A consensus mechanism, and A digital currency.
Distributed consensus ledgers for payments
The goal of this paper is to guide banks seeking to realize the opportunities presented by DCL, help them see through and beyond the hype and disillusionment and position themselves appropriately, starting now (and avoid becoming part of the hype themselves).
