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https://developer.mastercard.com/product/mastercard-blockchainMastercard Blockchain facilitates new commerce opportunities for the digital transfer of value by allowing businesses and financial institutions to transact on a distributed ledger. Our technology can power multiple use cases and can help take time, cost and risk out of financial flows.
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https://www.coindesk.com/cisco-details-internet-of-things-blockchain-system-in-patent-application/Tech conglomerate Cisco Systems has proposed a blockchain system to track Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
In an application released by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, the technology giant outlined a blockchain platform that can identify different connected devices, monitor their activity and evaluate how trustworthy the device is when connected to a network.
It is really starting to annoy me as this is using a small part of what the underlying system behind bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies provide. I am not surprised, just wondering how this patents will affect existing and future progress in the open-source communities? What can we do to warn people about these idiots using it as a buzzword. I mean its hilarious that Mastercard even capitalized blockchain as though its a product.
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