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Benefits of Blockchain

Brian Marcel

35 years: Financial technology

Blockchain is an amazing new technology that is going to change the world just like barcodes did back in the 70s. In this first video of the series, Brian will explain the history of barcodes in trade and discuss how blockchains will enhance these existing barcode systems.

Blockchain

Payments

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Benefits of Blockchain

8 mins 57 secs

Overview

Blockchain is the underlying technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.. The most prevalent applications of blockchains are in financial services such as payment schemes. But what will bring the most development, is when corporates realise the benefits of using this technology.

Key learning objectives:

Identify the uses and benefits of the existing barcode system
Explain the uses and benefits of the blockchain technology
Define ‘smart contracts’

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Expert

Brian Marcel

Brian is the founder and Chairman of the IBCS Group, market leaders throughout Central and Eastern Europe providing barcode, RFID, and blockchain enterprise solutions. He is also on the advisory board of the IOTA Foundation, an open feeless scalable DLT and a protocol for IoT and a member of the APPG (All Part Parliamentary Group) on Blockchain. Raise the Bar Change the Game is his first book.

Real World Use Cases of the IOTA Tangle

11:20

Limitations of Blockchain and the IOTA Tangle

07:02

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