Is the world ready for Blockchain?

[hendersonlewis]

Blockchain is a 22nd century technology that fell by chance into the early 21st century.

 

Everyone is asking is the world ready for Blockchain? But is Blockchain ready for us?

 

Imagine you didn't need to anticipate a stranger to produce a deal. Imagine you did not need to trust your bank to deposit your dollars. Imagine you didn't want to trust the government to understand it was being just and fair.

 

What would happen? The globe would alter. This is the assurance of blockchains.

 

2017 was the season that blockchain made its way into the mainstream's consciousness. To the outside world, now's hot topics are "is Bitcoin a"bubble", and"where do I get Ripple?" But people are missing the point. They're missing the fundamental question that we should all be asking. I don't believe that today's focus should revolve around whether or not Bitcoin will still be around a few years from now. A more intriguing question is:"how do blockchain really change the environment?" And even that question fails to consider whether the blockchains we have today can actually support these world changing applications. 2018 is set to be a defining year for Blockchain, with many projects set to release a working product or application, and a likely flood of newly converted institutional money. However, this exponentially growing market will continue to strongly highlight whether Blockchains can or could support a decentralised world.

 

The question on everyone's mind is whether or not our society is "ready" to adopt blockchain. Concerns are rooted in society's (mis)understanding of a rather technical and conceptually difficult idea. For this question, everyone and their mother has a different opinion. But the real question we should be asking is: "is blockchain ready for us"

 

2017 saw a massive increase in the blockchain market with incredible development and Innovative ideas solving some of our world's biggest problems. The rising number of truly remarkable projects and platforms demonstrates an equal rise in the confidence and power of the blockchain market.

 

At its core, a blockchain is not so different from a regular database. It stores information on things that happened in the past, with unique attributes, decentralisation -- no single party has control over what information goes in. Consensus -- many different parties store exact copies of the same ledger, so the majority has to agree on the information being added'Add-only', which means that you can't edit what's already there, you can add information. New information can not battle with what has been added. Information is able to be obtained and duplicated by everyone on the system.

 

Block-chain tech is developing at a pace that is mesmerizing, but are we ready for its adoption? Block chain appears to be its leading technical motorist for tumultuous progress. blockchains. 2018 is the turning point for blockchain as nearly all dApps last year launched are set to release the item.

 

The guarantee of blockchains

 

If everyone works off the exact blockchain, and everybody shares what the current state of this blockchain is, also it is computationally intractable to tamper with this and everyone agrees on rules of how new data is committed... then suddenly everything shifts.

 

You can build completely systems which want no hope among participants. So long as enough actors in the device obey the rules of the protocol (in the most primitive instance, at least 50% of them are good), then it is possible to imbue the device using provable security guarantees. Conspiracies or vandalize or actors can't censor this system.

 

You can also engineer the incentives into the protocol, and then have every celebrity in the machine enforce them.

 

With blockchains, a lot of coordination problems that are massive evaporate. Conundrums that plague worldwide monetary infrastructure, voting, international remittances, insurance plans, custodial records, and even government corruption may simply be designed out of presence.

 

You can mend bad incentives by creating the correct system with the warranties. You can eliminate and rent-seekers. You're able to create new societies that could coordinate more intelligently, and more efficiently than previously believed possible.

 

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[zeriko]

I definitely feel like the world is ready for blockchain the only thing that I think is holding it back from International mainstream adoption is a lack of a simple to use easy to understand extremely accessible cheap and efficient methodology which would have to come from a company such as Google or Facebook or any other Tech media Giant

[FotisNt]

Perceptions about blockchain, the distributed global ledger (or distributed ledger technology, if you will), have been seesawing back and forth, from outright skepticism (either "too good to be true" or simply another data management mechanism) to breathless predictions of shaking up the world as we know it. Maybe the reality is somewhere in between. The problem at this time is that real-world use cases and applications have not yet caught up to all the hope and hype.Blockchain continues its upward surge.We do know this: many organizations are at least testing the waters, to see what blockchain's all about, and if it will make sense for their business models. The folks at Deloitte have been looking at adoption patterns, and suggest some serious efforts are surfacing. "While blockchain is not quite ready for prime time, it is getting closer to its breakout moment every day." In a recent survey of 1,000 executives, there is evidence of "momentum shifting from 'blockchain tourism' and exploration to the building of practical business applications." About one-third of executives surveyed, 34 percent, say their company already has some blockchain system in production, while another 41 percent of respondents say they expect their organizations to deploy a blockchain application within the next 12 months.

Here's the real kicker: nearly 40 percent of respondents say their organization will invest $5 million or more in blockchain technology over the coming year. So serious money is being committed to this new way of sharing, validating and storing data. However, there's a rub. The application world has not caught up to blockchain yet. "Adding to the uncertain state of blockchain adoption is the fact that while more than 41 percent of respondents say they expect their organizations to bring blockchain into production within the next year, 21 percent of global respondents—and 30 percent of US respondents— say they still lack a compelling application to justify its implementation," according to Linda Pawczuk, Rob Massey and David Schatsky, authors of the Deloitte report.

The problem, as reported, "is that for all the talk about blockchain’s promise, there are very few active use cases they can currently employ to advance their beliefs. As a result, a certain 'blockchain fatigue' is beginning to set in among those who feel its potential has been over-communicated, while its real-world benefits remain elusive."

Yes, there are some interesting use cases now being demonstrated -- including a blockchain-based shipping supply chain initiative from IBM and Maersk, and a blockchain-based food chain demonstration from Walmart. But it's going to take time before blockchain becomes commonplace within enterprises. 

Closing, world isnt ready for Blockchain yet but it will soon be.

[asaphus]

perhaps the world is ready for this wonderful technology, but unfortunately the blockchain is possible to turn against people, for example the possibility of totalitarian regimes to put it to their service, there are also many opportunities(( in my country there is a saying (I do not know whether Google translate correctly) "good intentions road to hell paved" So that this question is very difficult. Maria Curie when engaged in the study of radioactive substances, too, because could not imagine Hiroshima and Nagasaki So I still think that not the whole world is ready for the blockchain, but alas it's too late-the bird flew)))

[williamshennie9]

Well, looking at the price of crypto currently, it seems that the world has doubted their much anticipated hope in bitcoin (actually all crypto in general). One can only speculate if the world will regain their trust in bitcoin, and this will be the only way for the price to recover.

[Brunkey]

Yes i think the Blockchain will ready for this world. I buy every crypto currency on Blockchain. Blockchain is also the biggest platform i know.

[Kate]

Well in my opinion the world currently isn't ready since if they see the history of the price of Bitcoin then they would surely not accept saying its a scam or volatile or its not suited.

[DreamStage]

Sorry too long didn't read the all thing but you need to consider (based on the topic's title), blockchain is already used in so many things besides cryptocurrency.

Take such example as Car's safety / security measurements.

[davinmark]

i think the world is ready for Blockchain, there is so many big company that already use a blockchain for transaction.

for now im just hoping for Crypto's are legal in every country

[rararararay08]

maybe in the future for sure.

[marsh]

Yes blockchain is ready to rock the world and already it is spread in many platforms and companies. this will come soon in all ways.

[williamshennie9]

On 1/1/2019 at 6:37 AM, davinmark said:

i think the world is ready for Blockchain, there is so many big company that already use a blockchain for transaction.

for now im just hoping for Crypto's are legal in every country

I think the world is becoming ready, however, it seems that it is willing to accept crypto, but not at the current price at which it is.

[Bladebringer]

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[jackkid]

I think 50% of the world population is accepting Bitcoin and crypto. But maybe 50% of the world's remaining population is still thinking negatively about Bitcoin. That is my opinion

[williamshennie9]

37 minutes ago, jackkid said:

I think 50% of the world population is accepting Bitcoin and crypto. But maybe 50% of the world's remaining population is still thinking negatively about Bitcoin. That is my opinion

There are also a lot of people who don't know about BTC and the world of crypto. It is  still a fairly new concept for most people.

[Kate]

On 12/31/2018 at 8:08 PM, DreamStage said:

 

Take such example as Car's safety / security measurements.

Well you are referring just to a small company or a bunch of companies situated in the same country that accepts Bitcoin. He was saying about the whole world hence it actually is against your word since not all of the Safety companies accept Bitcoin or have blockchain according to what i know. 

[KiXxnTRiXx]

I dont even think most of the world have ever heard or use crypto.. i did not even know or heard of crypto coins until ealy april last year when i just happened to be surfing the dark web.. lel.. not very many surf around to see whats new.. and even the ones who does, most will still not know about crypto unless someone mentions it to them  or just happened to read it as topic in social medias like facebook.. he web is packed with so much information and just as much of junk, that coming across a subject about this will be a rare occassion.. i use to google and search for random shit, and never came across it myself..  none of my friends or aquintances heard or knew about crypto coins either.. since there isnt really much that promoted it, and relies heavily on word of mouth and sharing blogs and posts.. its still going to take a while before half of the word even knows about it.. so no, the world is not ready, because crypto is still not ready either xD..

[YuginKadoya]

The blockchain is a technology that was needed to stored ledger uses by bitcoin I think this same technology can be used in another purpose or another idea, There are many possible ways we can certainly make use blockchain for, I think we can use this in solving something or finding a car, Because I have seen some article what will they used blockchain for, I guess the world is ready for anything we are in an age were technology is possible and we had so many resources that can surely build anything from scratch. 

[ginoso2019]

 

I personally believe that the world is ready for blockchain adoption, but perhaps not all people are ready for change

[Etude]

Blockchain would definitely play a huge part in the future development of technology.

[sdsdfbsfsd]

the world may or not be ready for it but even before it came official was being used an nobody even noticed this will only effect traders,shareholders and some shops and banks to be honest not the average person so yea ithink we are ready for blockchain

[bmg]

The world is ready for anything ... 

So  bring on the blockchain.!

[ceastem]

With the abundance of today's technology around the world, WHY THE HELL NOT?!

It's actualy a surprise that blockchain is not that much implemented ni the world while credit cards and such are just some kind of e-money, I don't get why Blockchain can't be used the same, if not, for more purposes!

Surely someday, blockchain will play a vital role around us, we just need to get ready and save up for it  

 

[williamshennie9]

9 hours ago, ceastem said:

With the abundance of today's technology around the world, WHY THE HELL NOT?!

It's actualy a surprise that blockchain is not that much implemented ni the world while credit cards and such are just some kind of e-money, I don't get why Blockchain can't be used the same, if not, for more purposes!

Surely someday, blockchain will play a vital role around us, we just need to get ready and save up for it  

 

Yeah, I think we are capable of implementing it in our stores, in our malls etc. I think a lot of people will make use of it, the only problem is the rapid price fluctuations with most coins at the moment.

[ceastem]

Just now, williamshennie9 said:

Yeah, I think we are capable of implementing it in our stores, in our malls etc. I think a lot of people will make use of it, the only problem is the rapid price fluctuations with most coins at the moment.

Not only that, the speed of transactions is also one of the huge problems. But still, as soon as it is receiving, that means it's a go already right? It's just annoying to wait for it to be credited. Haha