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CES 2018 will be best known for its gadgets, electronics, and applications for the Internet of Things (IoT), but you can expect blockchain technology as well as cryptocurrency to be a major headliner.
Cryptocurrencies such as Ripple and Bitcoin are showing signs of being a full-blown bubble. Grandmothers were asking about cryptocurrency over the holiday break. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s move to enable trading in Bitcoin futures only made cryptocurrency more mainstream.
The underlying technology of these cryptocurrencies is blockchain, which will have a big enterprise impact for smart contracts, supply chain and security. A blockchain is a single version of the truth made possible by an immutable and secure time-stamped public ledger, copies of which are held by multiple parties.
Blockchain shifts trust in business from an institution or entity to software and makes illiquid assets tradeable, curbs fraud, and enables devices to make transactions.
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At CES 2018, it’s a safe bet that blockchain will be used as a term as much as ones like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and smart devices connected to the IoT. Simply put, blockchain technology may be everywhere.
Indeed, CES 2018 will feature a day devoted to digital payments, currency, and blockchain as well as all the areas the technology will touch.
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