This is the first edition of Blockchain Week in Review, a new blog series which reviews news and blogs around Blockchain. This idea of partially due to the succes of a similar series by Guide Schmutz (an acquaintance of mine). Every week I will list new news & blog articles, presentations, videos and software releases around blockchain of the past week.
News and Blog articles
Below a list of articles published this week. Articles are catogorized by relevancy.
General
- Oracle Launches Enterprise-Grade Blockchain Cloud Service
Oracle announced Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service. An advanced, enterprise-grade distributed ledger cloud platform that is fully managed by Oracle and provides customers rapid provisioning and simplified operations with built-in monitoring, continuous backup, and point-in-time recovery. [Oracle Press]
- Lufthansa Partners Blockchain Startup for Travel Apps; Participates in ICO
German airline giant Lufthansa is partnering a Swiss blockchain travel platform to bring decentralized Ethereum technology to the travel industry. [Samburaj Das]
- IoT and Blockchain: Challenges and Risks [Ahmed Banafa]
- How Blockchain Will Bring Back Data Ownership to Consumers [Mark van Rijmenam]
- Is blockchain the singularity point for the environment? [Lisa Walker]
Ethereum
- Ethereum Executes Byzantium Blockchain Software Upgrade
Ethereum has officially updated, the fifth hard fork to occur on ethereum, enacted a batch of ethereum improvement protocols (EIPs) designed to enhance the platform. [Rachel O’Leary]
- Ethereum’s Byzantium Hard Fork Is Running Smoothly, Developers Say [coindesk]
- Byzantium HF Announcement [Ethereum Blog]
Hyperledger
- Hyperledger Gets Cozy With Quilt
Hyperledger welcomes yet another project under Hyperledger, called Quilt. It offers interoperability between ledger systems by implementing ILP, which is primarily a payments protocol and is designed to transfer value across systems – both distributed ledgers and non-distributed ledgers. [Hyperledger]
- Hyperledger Welcomes Baidu as Premier Member [Hyperledger]
Videos and Presentations
Let’s start with some quick bytes and follow these two list below to see relevant videos and presentations of all editions:
New Videos
- Blockchain Demystified [Earn With Me]
- 19 Industries The Blockchain Will Disrupt [Future Thinkers]
- Blockchain @ Oracle Open World 2017 – Day 01 [AuraBlocks] (incl. interview with me)
- Blockchain @ Oracle Open World 2017 – Day 03 [AuraBlocks]
New Presentations
- Blockchain on the oracle cloud, The Next Big Thing? [Robert van Mölken]
- Microsoft blockchain vision – smart contracts, coco framework… [Razi Rais]
- Blockchain development using Hyperledger Composer [Adam Tomat]
Upcoming Events
| October 23-24, 2017 | IoT Security Summit | New York, NY |
| October 23-24, 2017 | Blockchain 360: Scaling Blockchain for IoT Across Industry & Enterprise |
New York, NY |
| October 24-25, 2017 | World Blockchain Summit | Dubai, UAE |
| October 27, 2017 | Ethereal SF | San Francisco, CA |
| November 1-4, 2017 | Ethereum DevCon 3 | Cancun, Mexico |
Please let me know if you want to be listed in the next week’s edition by tweeting to @robertvanmolken. This could also be your projects, blogposts and events.
