by Britta Scherer | 2. February 2021 | Knowledge Nugget, News and events
Without blockchain, there is no business, as the media say. The basis for this are the so-called “smart contracts”. The term was first used in 1993/94. It is smart because it can be processed automatically and, in the future, autonomously. These are not...
by Britta Scherer | 25. January 2021 | Knowledge Nugget, News and events
The term blockchain can literally be explained as a chain of blocks. A blockchain is a continuously expandable list of data records, the so-called “blocks”, which are linked together using cryptographic methods. Each block typically contains an encrypted...
by Britta Scherer | 19. November 2020 | News and events, The Ten
With the blockchain-enabled IOT device, scientists from the innovation ecosystem of the Graduate School of Logistics presented a pioneering prototype for monitoring temperature-sensitive goods such as food, medicines or vaccines along global supply chains. It is the...
by Britta Scherer | 20. October 2020 | News and events, The Ten
Every department and every area in the company is in demand for digitization. Many companies are currently considering increasing the degree of automation in purchasing. Processes should run completely autonomously. Blockchain technology with smart contracts or...
by Britta Scherer | 22. June 2020 | News and events, The Ten
With EURO-CHAIN, a new initiative to establish the European Blockchain Institute in North Rhine-Westphalia has been launched at the science location Dortmund. The project forms an important pillar on the way to a new economy – the Silicon Economy. The digital...
