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The State of Digital Transformation in Retail Industry- Challenges & Trends 2021

The landscape of the retail industry is facing several challenges in the aftermath of economic lockdowns. As the consumer demand for digital services is growing like never before, retail disruption with digital transformation is inevitable for businesses to stay afloat in these changing times. According to a recent report, more than 1,700 retail stores are closing in 2020 as […]

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Howey Test: What it means for Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies?

Howey Test has become an integral element in the US Securities Law. If you are familiar with the cryptocurrency market, chances are that you would have heard of this particular test. When Bitcoin became popular, many of us began wondering about the legal implications of such a groundbreaking concept. As cryptocurrencies gained an increasing number […]

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Move Programming Language: How to get started – Part 1

Move programming language is a relatively new programming language that was developed to provide a secure and programmable foundation for the Libra Blockchain. Every transaction that occurs through the Libra Blockchain makes use of a transaction script that is written in Move to encode its logic. If you would like to learn more about Libra, […]

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Facebook’s Libra Coin: How to get started with Libra cryptocurrency?

Facebook’s Libra Coin has been making waves ever since its formal announcement and whitepaper release on June 18, 2019. The cryptocurrency will enable users to make purchases at retail outlets or transfer money to others at a very low fee through blockchain technology. Blockchains are either permissioned or permissionless with respect to the ability to […]

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How to launch a DeFi project (DeFi tokens, DeFi coins)?

Launching DeFi projects or DeFi tokens can be an extremely challenging task due to the limited information available about decentralized finance. When Bitcoin was launched in 2009, its worth was negligible. However, over the years the popularity of using Bitcoin as a payment method grew exponentially. During this period, other cryptocurrencies began to emerge, the most important of which was […]

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Getting started with Decentralized lending and borrowing with DeFi

In this second article in the DeFi series, we’ll discuss about decentralized lending and borrowing with DeFi. If you’d like to brush up your understanding of DeFi, check out my previous article that explains what DeFi is, its benefits and some of its products. Now that we have a basic understanding of DeFi, it is […]

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Decentralized Finance – DeFi use cases, products

DeFi or Decentralized Finance is the latest hot trend in the fintech space and has caught the attention of several entrepreneurs, especially those involved in the BFSI sector. On preliminary research, you’ll see that DeFi is the technology used to enable financial services on a decentralized nature. Ruling out the middle men like banks and […]

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How to update channel config to include anchor peer for an organization using Hyperledger Fabric

In this article, we’ll see how to update the channel config to include anchor peer for an organization using Hyperledger Fabric v1.4. Hyperledger Fabric is a modular blockchain framework that acts as a foundation for developing blockchain-based products, solutions, and applications using plug-and-play components that are aimed for use within private enterprises. In this article, […]

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Understanding Loki Hybrid Consensus Algorithm

In the previous article of the technical paper review series, we explored FastFabric, Understanding FastFabric: How to scale Hyperledger transactions per second In this article, we’ll review the hybrid consensus algorithm – LOKI, which is a privacy oriented blockchain system, which was built on top of Monero source code. Loki uses a hybrid proof of […]

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