5 Sectors Blockchain Is Disrupting That Are Not Cryptocurrency

5 Sectors Blockchain Is Disrupting That Are Not Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is just the start. Blockchain could make elections unhackable and provide flawless cybersecurity.

For a few years now, "blockchain" and "cryptocurrency" have gone hand-in-hand. The blockchain concept is complicated, and involves constant-growth record lists linked together and secured through cryptography (think of the Cryptex from The Da Vinci Code). Each block of the chain envelops a hash pointer relating to the previous block, as well as transaction data and a timestamp.

The idea of a blockchain isn't relegated to the infant-era cryptocurrency revolution. Massive worldwide corporations are beginning to incorporate blockchain technology into their systems. The technology behind the blockchain is far more valuable on a global scale than any market capitalization of cryptocurrencies.

Dec 13, 2017
 

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/305009

Is your browser slower than normal? Hackers could be mining Bitcoin on your computer

Is your browser slower than normal? Hackers could be mining Bitcoin on your computer without you ever knowing, warn experts

●      Networks and machines are being taken over in a process called cryptojacking

●      Computers are secretly put to use in mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin

●      Users may not even know its happened although devices may slow down

●      Among high profile targets was a public Wi-fi at a Starbucks in Buenos Aires

Over the past year, Bitcoin has seen its value increase by 1,000 per cent, so its perhaps unsurprising that its become an attractive target for hackers.

In a process called cryptojacking, cyber criminals are taking over networks and computers to put them to use in mining the cryptocurrency and others like it.

Among recent high profile targets was a public Wi-fi at a Starbucks, where suspicious code was found that turned visitors' devices into money makers for crooks.

Dec 14, 2017 by Tim Collins
 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5179179/Hackers-mining-bitcoin-computer.html

Japan's GMO Internet Group Will Pay Thousands of Workers in Bitcoin

Japan's GMO Internet Group Will Pay Thousands of Workers in Bitcoin

Blockchain development companies and the cryptocurrency press have been paying their workers in cryptocurrencies for years, but one realizes that the times are truly changing when mainstream companies start paying their workers in bitcoin.
GMO Internet Group, a Japanese provider of a full spectrum of internet services for both the consumer and enterprise markets, is introducing a system for employees to receive part of their salary in bitcoin.
Headquartered in Tokyo, GMO Internet Group comprises more than 60 companies in 10 countries. In view of the group’s size and financial muscle, this initiative is likely to boost the mainstream adoption of the practice of paying salaries in cryptocurrencies.

Dec.14 by Giulio Prisco

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/japans-gmo-internet-group-will-pay-thousands-workers-bitcoin/

UC Berkeley Opens New Blockchain Lab

UC Berkeley Opens New Blockchain Lab – Steve Chen Appointed to Co-Lead Newly Formed Berkeley Blockchain Lab

Steve Chen, founder of EchoLink, a credentials-verification Blockchain project, has been appointed industry co-lead of the new Berkeley Blockchain Lab, a platform for students to gain real-world experience working with Blockchain technology. Chen came up with the idea behind EchoLink while serving as the founding engineering director at a NYSE mobile technology company, where he saw the opportunity to create efficiency and value by storing data around engineering graduates’ degrees on the Blockchain. As he embarks on helping to lead the Berkeley Blockchain Lab, Chen will draw upon his experience in both enterprise technology and entrepreneurship.

Dec 10, 2017 by Richard Kastelein

http://www.the-blockchain.com/2017/12/10/uc-berkeley-opens-new-blockchain-lab-steve-chen-appointed-co-lead-newly-formed-berkeley-blockchain-lab/