Whitepaper On Distributed Ledger Technology
This white paper may be regarded as the first stage in this larger research project. It aims to provide the fintech industry in Hong Kong with a reasonably comprehensive study of the key features, benefits, risks and potential of DLT. It also includes the initial findings of the proof-of-concept work carried out on DLT applications in three areas: mortgage loan application, trade finance, and digital identity management.
Bank of England and PricewaterhouseCoopers partner to explore putting fiat currency on a blockchain
PriceWaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) Digital Technologies team [announced](http://pwc.blogs.com/northern-ireland/2016/06/pwc-northern-ireland-partners-bank-of-england-on-blockchain-technology.html) a major project with the Bank of England on Friday. The partners described a concerned effort to see if they can make fiat currencies like the British Pound Sterling work over a blockchain.
How blockchain-timestamped protocols could improve the trustworthiness of medical science [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
Trust in scientific research is diminished by evidence that data are being manipulated. Outcome switching, data dredging and selective publication are some of the problems that undermine the integrity of published research. This report is a proof-of-concept study using a âblockchainâ as a low cost, independently verifiable method that could be widely and readily used to audit and confirm the reliability of scientific studies.
