Explainer: What is Sentinel Node?
In today’s vast digital landscape, most data files continue to exist in a legacy environment which makes them vulnerable to bad actors and other potential security flaws. SmartLedger is dedicated to solving these and other problems through its custom-made blockchain solution – Sentinel Node.
The Bitcoin Letters: Proof of Misunderstanding
Proof of Stake is an unviable alternative to Proof of Work, read more about this in the chapter ‘Proof of Misunderstanding’.
The Bitcoin Letters: Confidentiality, integrity and availability
The chapter on ‘Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability’ of the book ‘The Bitcoin Letters’ explains how Bitcoin meets the CIA triad of information security, which consists of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is a universal standard for implementing security measures and is also crucial for the successful operation of a business. When all three benchmarks are met, an organization’s security posture is more assertive and better equipped to handle potential threats.
The Philippines set to become a global leader in blockchain
The Philippines has everything it takes to become a global leader in blockchain, including a young population, a desire to upskill, and a government committed to promoting the technology.
Can blockchain restore our trust in Social Media?
Explore the potential of leveraging blockchain technology to restore trust in social media platforms. Discover the issues with the current social media model and how open social protocols can enhance data ownership, identity verification, and financial incentives for sociable behavior. Learn about the potential benefits of a peer-to-peer social media model for boosting security and user control.
This is the big mistake companies make with blockchain
Businesses looking to adopt a blockchain solution often mistakenly believe they can only keep their data secure if it’s not visible to everybody and can only be accessed by select individuals. Ironically, the best way to secure data is to keep it in the public eye or make it public, and that’s exactly what a public blockchain provides.
A common misconception about blockchain – and the facts you should know
Despite being an ever-growing industry with billions of dollars invested, there are still several common misconceptions about blockchain, how it works, and the need for regulation.
A letter to Elon Musk
Bryan Daugherty, Global Public Policy Director of Bitcoin Association, has written an open letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk extolling the benefits of BSV.
The move to IPv6 and taking the next step with PeerTLS via blockchain
While many people still consider IPv6 as an up-and-coming technology, it is already being used across the world by billions of people. Most advanced countries today now have over 50% of Internet traffic going over IPv6, and in the United States 95% or more of wireless carriers already support the protocol, says Lawrence Hughes, Senior Software Engineer of Cybersecurity at Abbott.