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The Blockchain Technology Rush is Coming

Imagine your company’s internal operations could be conducted between an infinite number of employees in a matter of minutes without any possible mistakes, duplicated information, and critical server failures. That is all possible thanks to Bitcoin and Blockchain technologies being already here and booming. We at Infopulse have been building Blockchain expertise for quite some time and would like to start sharing our knowledge with you in a dedicated series of articles.
Infopulse team always wants to expand knowledge and provide our clients with the latest and most effective solutions. We’re now researching benefits and hidden sides of the Blockchain technology as it opens lots of possibilities for enterprise solutions.– Sergiy Kovtun, Infopulse Senior Software Engineer

How Blockchain Works

Blockchain is a distributed data storage that contains the chronologically chained data blocks, meaning each block has a connection with the previous one via the hash. All blocks contain certain timestamped batches of recent valid transactions. All transactions are recorded in the ledger that allows tracking and trading anything of value in the network, thus removing the need for a central point of control.

Once we had golden rush, silicon rush, dot.com rush… Now we’re experiencing an absolutely new kind of rush – a Blockchain rush and everybody wants to try their hand at it.– Sergiy Kovtun, Infopulse Senior Software Engineer

Before the information is saved in the block, it has to be proven by this network’s nodes, which check the validity of the transaction. Furthermore, you may be absolutely sure about the accuracy of the block’s data as it is also timestamped in the Blockchain system. Once the information was validated, it can’t be changed but can only be added with the new block.

Blockchain Technology Benefits

The aforementioned basic Blockchain principles bring us to the main benefits of this technology:

  • Privacy and confidentiality. To protect the information, Blockchain uses private and public keys, unique members’ IDs, invoice and reference numbers. Moreover, access might be restricted by the protocol’s conditions.
  • Decentralization. Usage of the shared ledger makes the information replicate for each node that eliminates the need for the central point creation.
  • Information regularity. Because of the decentralization principle, the information flow is continuous regardless of the members’ activity. User will receive refreshed information about provided valid operations promptly after authorization.
  • Clarity of information. Decentralization helps to keep the data clear and stable, as there is no opportunity to influence it from a central point.
  • Information accuracy. As all information needs the nodes validation and all of them have equal rights and interests in proper data, transactions can’t be managed without serious revisions.
  • Publicity. All network members have access to the information. Therefore, all transactions and contracts may be checked.
  • Cooperation. The Blockchain technology implies cooperation of all nodes that becomes another verification step for the sake of information clarity.
  • Protocol’s flexibility (Smart Contracts). All actions that members want to provide inside the network have to comply with certain rules that are written in protocols (contracts). The list of these rules can vary with goals and may be changed accordingly.

Actual and Potential Blockchain Application Areas

We see the following main areas where the Blockchain technology might be used:

  • Areas requiring regulations between non-trusted counterparties without a trusted central authority
  • Areas with huge processes replication, duplication and friction between values or information
  • Areas with the need for the quick data exchange
  • Areas which depend on accurate and fixed data
  • Areas with public access
  • Areas with strong cooperation between members.

Examples of certain industries and areas where Blockchain solutions were already implemented or are about to be accepted:

  • Financial Services. Banks and regulators all over the world are already working with the Blockchain searching solutions to reduce operations time, prices, and financial risks, as it removes the need for intermediaries and unnecessary cost overhead.
  • Healthcare. The importance of the Blockchain technology usage for electronic medical records is of the same particular importance as for the government and financial fields.
  • Government. One of the main and primary fields for the Blockchain solutions implementation is government facilities, as they have to be clear, public, and safe.
  • Internet of Things. Blockchain has already started to blend with IoT solutions and now helps to regulate related systems.
  • Likewise, Blockchain might be used in many other areas, such as manufacturing, retail, game, music industries as well as for cross industry projects, and others.
Now each “big player” is working on its own Blockchain “recipe”. We’re expecting first big projects to appear by 2017. And we at Infopulse can’t wait to see what’s next!– Sergiy Kovtun, Infopulse Senior Software Engineer

Interested in this or related areas? We’ll return to the Blockchain technology and latest industry trends discussion soon with our next blog articles. Stay tuned!

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