BigDataFr recommends: Blockchain and Data Storage: The Future is Decentralized

[…] 2017 was the year when blockchain technology burst into the public consciousness. Even beyond the truly startling rise of cryptocurrencies, we became aware of how a range of markets could be transformed by applications built on the technology.

But as with any emerging technology that suddenly gains fame and begins to be applied across real-world use cases, issues have emerged around the underlying characteristics of blockchain – many of which should be a primary focus of the coming year. Chief among these concerns is scalability. That being said, the existence of these issues serves as a marker of just how far blockchain has come. Tech leaders now posit that it could underpin the next phase of the internet, creating the decentralized world wide web.

As we look ahead to this new, decentralized internet, it is important to consider one of its most important elements: decentralized storage. […]

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By Pawel Bains
Source: dataconomy.com