Democratization of blockchain technology in 2020 is poised to hit new high with Advanced Micro Devices AMD recently joining the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA). Notably, the BGA provides an open forum to individuals and companies to co-create best practices, with an aim to drive adoption of blockchain-based technologies across gaming platforms. AMD aims to assist alliance members with high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities to revolutionize the techniques through which games are...

Facebook’s FB recent announcement to launch its own cryptocurrency, Libra, has put spotlight back on blockchain technology. Tech companies are now exploring various uses of blockchain to revolutionize the functioning of industries including payments, banking, retail, healthcare, logistics, utility and transportation. Per Orbisresearch.com data as quoted by Reuters, blockchain is projected to be utilized by 65% of enterprises by 2020. Moreover, according to IDC data, spending on blockchain...

Blockchain technology in 2019 is expected to come out of the shadows of crypto currency like bitcoin. The technology is being rapidly adopted by a plethora of industries through the initiatives undertaken by tech giants. It is well known that blockchain is much faster than legacy technologies in completing a transaction owing to the absence of manual processing or authentication by intermediaries. However, hacking issues have put blockchain’s security features under the scanner. Nevertheless,...