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There are many reasons why people are unhappy with traditional healthcare system. First, it’s complicated – currently, medical institutions may be unwilling to share your records out of fear of losing a patient, or just for no reason at all. Second, it’s slow – when you come to a new clinic or hospital, they often...
Born in 2008, the blockchain, or distributed ledger technology (DLT) was originally seen as a weird innovation, used by a few libertarian geeks. Most people would have never heard the term in the first place, was it not for the scandals related to Silk Road, the infamous darknet marketplace where users could anonymously buy drugs...
Currently, blockchain philanthropy is gaining momentum, as this sector has many problems the technology addresses. More and more charity organizations are starting to integrate crypto donation in their fundraising practices. Also, there are new charities (like BitGive Foundation) created with the specific purpose of accepting donations in BTC and other digital currencies. What blockchain has...
Recently a lot of developing countries turned to cryptocurrency in an effort to avoid consequences of US sanctions and bootstrap their economies. Indeed, the US is known to employ economic pressure as a political tool. We are not going to judge the fairness of these actions even though they may often lead to regular people...
We in Exscudo have composed a list of 7 fintech trends to keep track of in the year 2019. In the past fintech as a field may have been growing hidden from the general public in the shadow of the tech industry. However, with the emergence and growing adoption of the blockchain technology, fintech is...
Authentication is used to provide selective access to sensitive information and essentially prove that you are, in fact, well… You! This is especially crucial in the financial market where authentication serves as the main barrier that prevents funds from being stolen. A 2018 Experian study found that almost three-quarters of businesses (72%) cite fraud as a growing...
Atomic swaps are an innovative technology that some speculate to be the future of crypto trading. This new technology, also known as atomic cross-chain trading, allows peer-to-peer trades between two cryptocurrencies from separate blockchains. The trades are trustless, instantaneous, and with no associated fees. An atomic swap is essentially a smart contract, more precisely a...
Authentication is one of those things that we have known how to improve for several decades, but for some reason, the industry never got to it. We have gone from simple and easily crackable solutions to secure and advanced and right back to simple and unreliable again. Let’s explore some of the most popular authentication...
Identity theft is a threat that makes people lose their money and property in the real world. It’s a given that in the digital world such actions are far more common and easier for an ill-wisher to pull off. by Alex Sitnikov, CTO, Exscudo To protect the sensitive data of users companies developed an array of procedures...
Satoshi Nakamoto No list would be complete without the mysterious creator of Bitcoin. Last heard of in 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto was the one who published the Bitcoin whitepaper, mined the genesis block and created Bitcointalk forum. His identity has been speculated endlessly over the internet. Many individuals have claimed to be Satoshi, others speculate that...
