Blockchain

There's no denying that whilst Bitcoin's future may be hazy right now, the underlying technology it relies upon -- the Blockchain -- has revolutionized many industries and projects, with more to come.

A few months ago I was at the Berlin Blockchain awards, and it appears that 'blockchain' is the new buzzword that startups and tech-folk like to throw into everything, without completely understanding the concepts behind it. Whether you believe that blockchain is just a new buzzword for the industry or a truly revolutionary technology, developers are often uncertain of how they can use the blockchain concept in their applications. Eris Industries' solution might make this a bit easier.

With the UK exiting the European Union, Germany is jostling to become the new FinTech capital of the EU. Frankfurt has the history and established finance industry, but Berlin is more affordable, is larger, and has a more diverse population, looking at challenges from different perspectives. With at least six regular blockchain and cryptocurrency related meetups, founding members of Ethereum and Monax present in the city, and countless cryptocurrency related projects, analysts are beginning to call Berlin “the blockchain capital of the world.” As this year’s FinTech Safary threw the doors of organization and co-working spaces open, I met with a small selection of people involved in the scene to see how true this claim is.

A DZone Zone Leader interviews several startups to see how their developers are shaping the future across several industries.

Check out a key interview with one of the key developers behind the Apache Web Server about the Hyperledger Foundation, which aims to bring blockchain mainstream.

We discuss Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, and the impact they're having on the blockchain and cryptocurrency world. Read on for more!

We take a look at what some countries around the world are doing to promote cryptocurrency, as well as how some innovative companies are using blockchain.

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Investing in a country, bringing blockchain to the developing world, and making smart contracts easier are just some of the topics covered today.

In this article, we look at languages, IDEs, Wallets, and several other tools that you'll need to work with Solidity and blockchain.

In this 25-minute podcast/panel discussion, four Blockchain luminaries talk about how to bring smart contract ideas to reality.

On a cold Friday December night, with a Christmas market buzzing

In this article, we tackle this question and take a look at some 'developer friendly' platforms that can be used to work with decentralized exchanges.

We hear promises of how blockchain will revolutionize tech, but most of its applications thus far seem rather mundane. Read on to see what devs are doing to change that.

Zone Leader Chris Ward looks forward to upcoming C3 Crypto Conference in Berlin which offers keynotes, workshops, and exhibitions on the cryptocurrency ecosystem and underlying blockchain technology.

Communities and entrepreneurs are excitedly creating crypto-tokens for a wide variety of inane and practical purposes. We look at what this could mean for our future.

Check out what we can learn about creativity and innovation from some of the more unorthodox talks given at Login Festival.

Check out this post to learn more about working with Consensys and Lisk to improve blockchain marketing for new application paradigms.

In the past week, Berlin has hosted two high-profile blockchain conferences: DAppCon and the Blockchain Visionaries Summit. Click here for some of the highlights.

In this installment of Blockwatch, check out this latest news on Ripple, Coil, Codius and the Malta Summit. There's a lot happening in blockchain! Click here for more!

For those who want to see an application of the still newly-emergent Blockchain technology, check out this review of the aeternity project.

What technologies were the most significant in 2018, and which will go to 2019.

Healthcare generates a lot of data, but most of it isn't available to those generating the data: patients. Learn how one team is using blockchain to address this issue.

Chris speaks with Lisk's new tech evangelist to find out what the developer experience focussed blockchain project has been up to since summer 2018.

Need to improve privacy and anonymity?

Learn more about Fluree and listen to an interview one of our Zone Leaders had with Co-CEO Brian Platz.

An interview with Terry Wang, co-founder and CEO, Ling from White Matrix who built a web-based IDE for IOST, and Aleksi of Attic labs who build games.

Many distributed ledgers claim to be better for performance and security. Chris Ward speaks with Hashgraph creator, Dr Leemon Baird, to see if the project holds up.