Disney, yes Disney, becomes blockchain’s biggest proponent — from zdnet.com by Joe McKendrick
Walt Disney Company releases blockchain platform, now what are they going to do with it?

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

The Walt Disney Company is embracing blockchain in a big way, and not just for accepting cryptocurrency at its parks.

Disney recently released a platform called Dragonchain, described in an announcement as “a distributed crypto ledger framework protocol that makes it easy to create cost-efficient business networks where virtually anything of value can be tracked and traded–without requiring a central point of control.” The platform is provided with a modified Apache 2 open source license. A small team at Disney developed the blockchain platform internally in 2016.

The Dragonchain release notes that blockchain “will make all kinds of transactions transparent, more reliable, and easier to audit without centralized processing,” providing “support for a smart contract language within a hybrid permissioned and public ledger network using a unique consensus algorithm with context based verification.”

 

 

Blockchain technology to advance most quickly in manufacturing, government, healthcare and education sectors: Gartner — from econotimes.com

Excerpt:

Gartner Inc has released a new report that identifies three distinct technology trends that are poised to be of the highest priority for organizations facing rapidly accelerating digital business innovation.

The report “Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2016” categorizes the three trends as transparently immersive experiences, the perceptual smart machine age, and the platform revolution. Gartner says that these trends will create new experiences with unrivaled intelligence and offer platforms that allow organizations to connect with new business ecosystems.

 

 

 

Blockchain beyond Bitcoin — from raconteur.net
Infographic outlining what blockchain adoption could look like, the 10 key hurdles to adopting blockchain in financial services and more

 

 

 

Blockchain will be used by 15% of big banks by 2017, says IBM Report — from coinspeaker.com by Tatsiana Yablonskaya
The US-based multinational technology company has studied and announced the benefits and prospects of blockchain use in banking and financial markets spheres.

 

 

Addendums on 11/2/16:

  • China Pushes for Blockchain Cooperation With New Research Report — from coindesk.com by Stan Higgins
    Excerpt:
    The Chinese government has released some of its first research findings on blockchain technology.China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has published a new white paper that explores various applications of the technology. Its release this week coincided with a forum on blockchain hosted by the Chinese government aimed at encouraging cooperation among industry stakeholders and members of the country’s business community, according to a speech by Ministry Secretary Xie Shaofeng.The white paper provides a broad overview of the technology and its development both within and beyond China. Specific items include how bitcoin transactions work, for example.
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  • Financial Institution MasterCard Releases Blockchain APIs — from news.bitcoin.com by Jamie Redman
    Mastercard Joins Distributed Ledger Race