23Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Twitter CEO: Bitcoin will be the world’s ‘single currency’ in 10 years

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Twitter CEO: Bitcoin will be the world’s ‘single currency’ in 10 years Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey apparently has big visions for bitcoin that he believes that the cryptocurrency will become the world’s single currency within 10 years. “The world ultimately will have a single currency, the internet will have a single currency. I personally believe that it will be bitcoin.” Dorsey went on to say that the transition would happen “probably over ten years, but it could go faster,” which seems like an extremely unrealistic projection, even considering cryptocurrency’s meteoric rise in popularity over the past few months. Dorsey is also the CEO of Square, which recently added the option to buy and sell Bitcoin directly from the Square Cash app. Maybe Mr. Dorsey should know that On Tuesday, a 15-year-old from…
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20Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Can you trust Blockchain for your company ?

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Can you trust Blockchain for your company ? Blockchain has grown so fast in the recent year that sometimes your head will spin on what it can do and what it cannot do. Companies must be extremely careful with various consultants or gurus who indicate that using Blockchain technology will be the end all.   Consultants are cropping up with impressive frequency in even the most unlikely startup pitches and while blockchain technology does have genuinely interesting and potentially powerful use cases, it has enormous drawbacks for consumer applications that get little mention in media coverage. As it stands, blockchain is caught between three competing objectives: fast, low-cost, and decentralized. It is not yet possible to make one chain that achieves all three. Fast and decentralized chains will incur a high…
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11Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Ethereum’s smart contracts are full of holes

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Ethereum’s smart contracts are full of holes Computer programs that run on blockchains are shaking up the financial system. But much of the hype around what are called smart contracts is just that. It’s a brand-new field. Technologists are just beginning to figure out how to design them so they can be relied on not to lose people’s money, and—as a new survey of Ethereum smart contracts illustrates—security researchers are only now coming to terms with what a smart-contract vulnerability even looks like. Digital vending machines: The term “smart contract” comes from digital currency pioneer Nick Szabo, who coined it more than 20 years ago. The basic idea, he wrote, is that “many kinds of contractual clauses (such as collateral, bonding, delineation of property rights, etc.) can be embedded in the hardware and…
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27Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Bitcoin is still the wild west and 2017 proves that!

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Bitcoin is still the wild west and 2017 proves that! Bitcoin seems to be the talk at the moment with the prices soaring higher than ever but 2017 proves that when you invest into something where you really do not understand how it works or whom works for it just shows the risk you are taking.  Bitcoin had numerous companies jumping in during 2017 with the hopes of striking a gold mine.  The initial offerings to the public seemed to be a long shot due to the fact you would hand over funds and needed to wait days before getting something back into your wallet. Following on Bitcoin.com there was a study done where a huge 46 percent of the virtual currencies have already failed.   Out of the 902 vendors…
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19Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Looking for work ? Blockchain engineers are in demand

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Looking for work ? Blockchain engineers are in demand Demand is off the charts for blockchain talent and the jobs are opening. More than $3.7 billion has been raised through ICOs in the United States alone. Blockchain related jobs are the second-fastest growing in today’s labor market; there are now 14 job openings for every one blockchain developer. Requests for on-demand blockchain talent are rising as fast as they are posted. Last year blockchain positions were the fastest-growing skill out of more than 5,000 skills in terms of freelancer billings.  Now, little over a year in the making there is a increase of more than 35,000 percent. These requests span ICO advisory services, engineering projects and overall blockchain consultancy. The quickest way to learn blockchain is   You need to be…
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