Private Blockchains

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Chinese Hospital Issues First Electronic Bill on Blockchain
Hainan is one of the few provinces that have successfully incorporated blockchain technology into their public institutions’ online administrative platforms.
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Luxury Watchmaker Breitling Adds Its First Timepieces to a Blockchain
In a rare example of real-world business deployment, Breitling is registering watches on a blockchain to track their provenance from owner to owner.
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Yes, You May Need a Blockchain
While scaling challenges abound, it's clear public blockchains offer something quite different to traditional databases, says Balaji S. Srinivasan.
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Tobacco Giant Philip Morris Is Building a Different Kind of 'Public' Blockchain
Tobacco giant Philip Morris is working on a "public blockchain," an executive said, though not quite in the commonly understood sense.
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World Bank Bond Blockchain Offers Key Insights
Is it time to rethink private blockchains? The World Bank's "blockchain bond" success has reinvigorated that question.
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The Public-Private Blockchain Singularity May Be Close At Hand
A year ago, enterprise blockchain and cryptocurrency were essentially separate industries. Now come signs that these camps might be slowly converging.
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Insurance Giant Allianz Is Testing a Token to Move Money Internally
Allianz is testing a blockchain token to move money between its global affiliates.
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Where Have All the Private Blockchains Gone?
What's next for private blockchains? More iteration, improvement – and adoption, argues developer Gideon Greenspan.
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It's Time for Governments to Embrace Blockchain
Governments haven't typically been thought of as early blockchain adopters. That could soon change, writes IBM's Marie Wieck.
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