Blockchain technology – what it is, what are its use cases, and what it means for you

Do a Google Image search for Bitcoin. What you’ll see is a lack of imagination. Uniform stamped precious metal coins? That’s the opposite of what bitcoin is.You can’t flip a bitcoin. It has no heads or tails. You can’t bite into it to see if it’s real. But it’s real enough to be valued at $2K.   And the technology behind it can flip the entire concept of how we think about money, trading, and more. This technology is called blockchain, and it may just be the next big thing. An innovation with an impact akin to the industrial revolution,…

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