A distributed ledger is a database that serves the purpose of recording various transactions. Similar to the way e-transactions and digital banking apps have transformed the way consumers spend money, ...

We have spoken in details about various aspects of traceability in the pharma supply chain- serialization, hierarchical data, aggregation and more- all meant to save drugs from the counterfeit market.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blockchain fever has, as we all know, turned into private permissioned distributed ledger fever — loosely ...

The advances in blockchain and distributed ledger technology promise a world where people can take control of their personal information, become less reliant on centralized systems, and receive ...

The UK's chief scientific adviser has urged the government to adopt the technology that powers crypto-currency Bitcoin to run various public services. Bitcoins are powered by blockchains - digital ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article studies the origin and continuity of the identity of the entities inscribed in a distributed ledger. Specifically, it focuses on ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Banks are unlikely to use distributed ledgers to process cross-border payments for now because of scalability and privacy issues, according to Ripple, one of the most prominent ...

Smart securities firm Symbiont and Orebits, a provider of digitisation services for unrefined commodities, are claiming bragging rights for the first distributed ledger-based trade of unrefined gold.