Projects and Application Areas of Blockchain Technology
For a better idea of which applications are possible based on blockchain technology, or which areas can profit from this technology, we will look at already existing blockchain projects. We ask you to note that the projects or companies mentioned in this
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Blockchain Hype or Innovation
Blockchain
Tatiana Gayvoronskaya • Christoph Meinel
Blockchain Hype or Innovation
Tatiana Gayvoronskaya Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering gGmbH Potsdam, Germany
Christoph Meinel Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering gGmbH Potsdam, Germany
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Preface
Is blockchain an “alien technology” or a new encryption algorithm to achieve the creation of digital currency that has been turned into hype for marketing reasons? Technically speaking, blockchain is presumably a highly complicated, non-transparent technology, something that only corporate giants with innovation labs can work with – at least that is what most people think. The confusion is understandable, as even today1 the debate rages on as to the “correct” definition of blockchain technology. In 2016 and 2017, when the hype surrounding blockchain had reached its peak, numerous companies began to take part in the “blockchain experiment.” Each had its own visualization of blockchain. This meant that the hype surrounding blockchain technology not only served to spur on development but, at the same time, was the most common cause of failure. The planning and development phases of numerous projects were shortened dramatically, so that the product could be brought to the market as quickly as possible and thereby profit from the extensive hype. At the same time, many technical concepts and projects that had already existed before the appearance of blockchain technology (and had little to do with its innovat
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