October 4, 2015
Adding money to the Blockchain is the single ingredient needed to realise the potential of this new technology. How to make that happen is the subject of this week’s post. In various previous posts, I have covered the shortcomings of Bitcoin and also pointed out how unhelpful it would be if there were multiple Blockchain […]
September 21, 2015
A conclusion. The missing ingredient in the use of the Blockchain will be revealed, or at least my view. That is the goal for this week’s post. For sure, I do not have a fully formed solution. that said, I think I have enough of a view to have an opinion. Any and all feedback […]
September 15, 2015
A recent Bloomberg article has caused a ripple or two. Two big name items have collided to cause this effect: the Blockchain and the involvement of industry maven, Blythe Masters, who as a young hot shot at JP Morgan invented the CDS product. The article is a must read and with it, the following pinch […]
August 23, 2015
This week follows from the previous post, which looked at how moving securities balances from one platform to another was not a totally new idea. Building on that, I would like to illustrate how Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) might work in securities settlement. A little accounting example is a necessary evil ingredient in helping develop […]
August 9, 2015
This week, I would like to take a closer look at the underlying platform; Blockchain or to be more precise Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). There are two pillars of note that underpin the idea of DLT: firstly, the idea that each participant in the system keeps a copy of the entire balance sheet and ledger […]
August 3, 2015
Back from the summer holiday and time to take up the Bitcoin challenge once more. In the last post, I put forward the idea that Bitcoin has some advantages over gold. This week I hope I want to look at where Bitcoin falls down as a means of payment. This is something I consider a […]