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Combining Communications Tech With Blockchain Despite the bells and whistles smartphones offer today, the technology that drives them is surprisingly outdated. Most smartphones still use the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module), a physical memory card that was first developed back in 1991. It holds the identity and cellular network details of each user, including their phone number, name, service provider, and other information. SIMs are a relatively basic way to upgrade a phone as one simply…

Blockchain represents an innovation in information registration and distribution that eliminates the need for a trusted party to facilitate digital relationships. This could be the next big tool for waste reduction and greater efficiency in our supply chains. Global Manufacturers are already investing in R&D for applications of  #blockchain. I believe that using Blockchain as a technology to develop seamless trust between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and customers for all types of transactions that presently contain…

”Smart-Contracts” are one very exciting use of Blockchain technologies.  One potential use-case is for Package delivery companies such as UPS, DHL and FedEx to execute smart-contracts as each delivery is made.  The smart-contract would say, ‘If I receive cash on delivery at this location in a developing, emerging market, then this other , many, many links up the supply chain, will trigger a supplier creating a new item since the existing item was just delivered…