Blockchain technology enables distributed public ledgers that hold immutable data in a secure and encrypted way and ensure that transactions can never be altered. While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are the most popular examples of blockchain usage, this “distributed ledger technology” (DLT) is finding a broad range of uses. Data storage, financial transactions, real estate, asset management and many more uses are being explored.

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Learning About Blockchain, Internet Governance, and Cryptocurrency
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Blockchain 15 August 2018

Learning About Blockchain, Internet Governance, and Cryptocurrency

My first task as the Internet Society’s Regional Community Manager for the Middle East was to organize three events...

ISOC has goals at TNC18
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Blockchain 11 June 2018

ISOC has goals at TNC18

This week is TNC18, the largest European research and education networking conference, which is being held at the Lerkendal...

Blockchain and Digital Identity – A Good Fit?
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Blockchain 13 March 2018

Blockchain and Digital Identity – A Good Fit?

Every time you see “Login with Facebook” or “Login with Twitter” etc. on a website or use login credentials...

EuroDIG 2017: ISOC Speaks on Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Human Rights, IoT, Internet Shutdowns and more
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Blockchain 4 June 2017

EuroDIG 2017: ISOC Speaks on Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Human Rights, IoT, Internet Shutdowns and more

How do we create a more secure and trusted Internet within the multistakeholder model of Internet governance? That will...

Is Your Reputation Safe on the Blockchain?
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Blockchain 5 December 2016

Is Your Reputation Safe on the Blockchain?

Over on the Consult Hyperion blog, Dave Birch has written a characteristically lucid and engaging piece about hyperbole around...

ISOC@OECD, Day 3: Walid Al-Saqaf on Blockchain; IETF Chair Jari Arkko on Network Convergence
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Blockchain 23 June 2016

ISOC@OECD, Day 3: Walid Al-Saqaf on Blockchain; IETF Chair Jari Arkko on Network Convergence

It’s the final day of the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy here in Cancun, Mexico, and there are just...

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