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How Blockchain Technology Might Decentralise Everything (Not Just Currency!)

Do you know that blockchain technology could decentralise everything and not just currency? Do you even know what Blockchain is? One example that you just might have heard of is Bitcoin, the online currency. That in itself may not enlighten you to what blockchain is, however. According to Pearl Chan (2015) reporting for Venture Beat, a blockchain is:

“A transaction database shared by all nodes participating in a system. In essence it is a distributed method of tracking and transferring assets online without need for a trusted party.”

2015/12/302015/12/29

Anonymous Takes #OpISIS To A New Level – By Stopping An Actual Terror Attack

08 Wild Cards, 09 Terrorism, Advanced Cyber/IO

Anonymous Takes #OpISIS To A New Level – By Stopping An Actual Terror Attack

The primary ‘Anonymous’ account behind the hacktivist collective’s “Operation ISIS” is claiming to have stopped a terrorist attack in Italy. And after it was revealed that ISIS is being aided and supported by Turkey, Anonymous launched a massive attack against the NATO country last week. In an extensive DDoS attack, the group took down some 40,000 Turkish servers.

2015/12/282015/12/27

Mali Marafini: Factom blockchain voting systems

Advanced Cyber/IO

Factom dreams of a new generation of blockchain based voting systems

Austin-based Factom have launched various products to assist startups and institutional clients deploy and build blockchain-based applications, including blockchain networks with data management, audit, and compliance systems.

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Neal Rauhauser: Adversary Resistant Systems

Advanced Cyber/IO

Worth a look…

Adversary Resistant Computing Systems

Adversary Resistant Networking Systems

2015/12/262015/12/25

Sepp Hasslberger: The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) with Comments from Phi Beta Iota Editors

Advanced Cyber/IO, IO Impotency

This is about de-centralising the net, distributing the data to the periphery where it's needed, rather than running everything through big data pipes and central servers…

HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the distributed, permanent web

2015/12/262015/12/25

Ty Simpson: There’s a blockchain for that!

Advanced Cyber/IO

There’s a blockchain for that!

The code that secures Bitcoin could also power an alternate Internet. First, though, it has to work.

For now, think of it as a way of transferring a digital message from one party to another, where both parties can count on the integrity of the message, even when they don’t trust, or even know, each other. Right now, these messages are mostly virtual cash. But they could be any kind of information.

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