{"id":10960,"date":"2017-12-28T04:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T12:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/12\/28\/news-4732\/"},"modified":"2017-12-28T04:30:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T12:30:08","slug":"news-4732","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/12\/28\/news-4732\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain in the real world: 3 enterprise use cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2017\/10\/fintech_financial_technology_blockchain_network_thinkstock_664868402-100739353-large.3x2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:36:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3191077\/security\/what-is-blockchain-the-most-disruptive-tech-in-decades.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blockchain technology<\/a> tends to get the most attention for its role in underpinning cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether, vertical industries are quickly adopting it for its efficiency and transparency.<\/p>\n<p>The electronic, distributed ledger technology has the potential to eliminate huge amounts of record-keeping and disrupt IT in ways not seen since the internet arrived, according to some experts.<\/p>\n<p>Banking and financial services were the first to embrace blockchain ledgers as their core business functions are ideally suited to its distributed nature, transparency and immutability as a system of record.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to efficiencies, banking and financial services rely on established trust between transaction participants, a time-consuming and high-friction process due to regulatory constraints, compliance and fraud risks and the sheer number of intermediaries involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tease-title\">To continue reading this article register now<\/p>\n<p class=\"tease-links\"> <a href=\"\/learn-about-insider\/\">Learn More<\/a> &nbsp; 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