Blockchain, the emerging distributed ledger technology, has the potential to transform the way businesses work, but it’s not a panacea for every organizational challenge. The key is understanding ...

Blockchain and the cloud go together like organic macaroni and cheese. What’s the connection? Choosy shoppers would like to know that their organic food is tracked from farm to shelf, to make sure ...

“The big point here is blockchain is useful," Oracle's Juan Loaiza said. "It adds another layer that isn't solved by any traditional security technologies." The company is trying to bring blockchain ...

The foundational technologies underlying Bitcoin are a secure, distributed transaction ledger, timestamp server and proof of work algorithm implemented as a blockchain ledger. As Satoshi put it his ...

In the blockchain world, an oracle is a system that connects smart contracts to external data sources. Smart contracts, self-executing agreements written in code, operate within the blockchain but ...

A new patent application from Oracle suggests the database giant is seeking to harness blockchain to improve its internal workflows. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released the application ...

RedStone Oracles, a modular solution that connects blockchain networks to external data, announced Tuesday that it has raised $15 million in early-stage funding led by Arrington Capital to expand its ...

Blockchains and smart contracts can help perform a whole variety of tasks that are currently done using centralized technology. But in order to effectively do these tasks, vast amounts of data from ...

Saying that blockchain is a universal technology would not give an actual idea of the scale: the chain technology has already been implemented successfully in completely different domains and is ...

You have probably heard that blockchain technology and "smart contracts" are going to revolutionize our lives. But there’s a problem: before smart contracts can do anything really useful, they need a ...