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Cryptocurrencies: Size and Transaction Speed Scalability Issues Threaten Viability

By Dick Weisinger

Bitcoin and Ethereum are two of the larged blockchain implementations.  Both have had problems addressing scalability, and these problems have threatened the long-term viability of the technologies.  Both of these cryptocurrencies have had issues with transaction speeds and overall data

Blockchain: What Do Businesses Hope to Gain by Using it?

By Dick Weisinger

Blockchain is still a mystery to many.  Many know that it’s the algorithm behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but why is there so much hype around it and what do people plan to do with it? There are a lot

Blockchain: Adoption Weak; Businesses Stall Because the Technology will Bring Disruption and Re-engineering

By Dick Weisinger

Blockchain has managed to seize the attention from many industries, but that doesn’t mean that many of them are doing anything with it.  A recent survey of businesses by Gartner found that less than one percent of them indicated that

Cryptocurrency Malware: Cybercriminals Target IoT Devices for Illicit Mining

By Dick Weisinger

Increasingly malware is infecting computers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices for the purpose of mining cryptocurrencies.  IoT devices are particularly vulnerable because, unlike most PCs, they often lack any sort of built-in security to prevent malware.  Often too, IoT

Blockchain and Cybersecurity: The ‘Cyber’ of Cybersecurities doesn’t Equate to Cybersecure

By Dick Weisinger

While Blockchain technology forms the basis for how cybercurrencies work, the ‘cyber’ of cybersecurities does not mean that blockchain can be effectively used to solve other kinds of ‘cyber’ problems, like cybersecurity. Marta Piekarska, , said that blockchain is no magic