Blockchain technology is being used in various industries including identity, smart contracts, financial services, and land title registry. Onename is building an identity system to register identities on the blockchain, replacing passwords. Hedgy is using smart contracts to allow traders to securely create and settle derivatives contracts. Coins.ph is bringing financial services to the unbanked through mobile payments and money transfers on the blockchain. Factom partnered with the Honduran government to record land titles on the blockchain.
Blockchain Developments is building a comprehensive solution for Supply chain, Politics, Decentralized currency, Financial Technology, Healthcare, Infrastructure, and other business verticals. Read our blockchain case studies and use cases of successful implementations of blockchain development solutions for our various clients.
First presented on June 27, 2015 for Blockchain University hosted at PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Francisco. [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-OxnJip-bA ] Additional notes, references and citations are in the comments of each slide. I would like to thank Arthur Breitman, Richard Brown, Alexandre Callea, Pinar Emirdag, Andrew Geyl, Dave Hudson, Hyder Jaffrey, Yakov Kofner, Antony Lewis, Todd McDonald, Piotr Piasecki, Robert Sams and John Whelan for their feedback.
Cryptocurrencies: The Mechanics Economic and FinanceErnie Teo
Presented at the INAUGURAL CAIA-SKBI CRYPTOCURRENCY CONFERENCE 2014 on 04 November 2014 held at the Singapore Management University
This talk gives a general overview of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Presentation for Asian Financial Markets and Institutions, October 2016, HKU MBA Program. Covers basics of blockchain and distributed ledgers and discusses some current and potential applications.
A general discussion on the benefits of the blockchain technology. How it creates trust and how this may be applied. We discuss the blockchain generally in terms of the byzantine generals problem, central v distributed and decentralised ledgers and the double spend problem.
It is the aim of this paper that those reading it should recognise the leapfrog potential of this technology. It is the biggest innovation since the internet.
Feel free to reach out and connect if you have any questions.
shane.ninai@gmail.com
Blockchain Developments is building a comprehensive solution for Supply chain, Politics, Decentralized currency, Financial Technology, Healthcare, Infrastructure, and other business verticals. Read our blockchain case studies and use cases of successful implementations of blockchain development solutions for our various clients.
First presented on June 27, 2015 for Blockchain University hosted at PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Francisco. [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-OxnJip-bA ] Additional notes, references and citations are in the comments of each slide. I would like to thank Arthur Breitman, Richard Brown, Alexandre Callea, Pinar Emirdag, Andrew Geyl, Dave Hudson, Hyder Jaffrey, Yakov Kofner, Antony Lewis, Todd McDonald, Piotr Piasecki, Robert Sams and John Whelan for their feedback.
Cryptocurrencies: The Mechanics Economic and FinanceErnie Teo
Presented at the INAUGURAL CAIA-SKBI CRYPTOCURRENCY CONFERENCE 2014 on 04 November 2014 held at the Singapore Management University
This talk gives a general overview of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Presentation for Asian Financial Markets and Institutions, October 2016, HKU MBA Program. Covers basics of blockchain and distributed ledgers and discusses some current and potential applications.
A general discussion on the benefits of the blockchain technology. How it creates trust and how this may be applied. We discuss the blockchain generally in terms of the byzantine generals problem, central v distributed and decentralised ledgers and the double spend problem.
It is the aim of this paper that those reading it should recognise the leapfrog potential of this technology. It is the biggest innovation since the internet.
Feel free to reach out and connect if you have any questions.
shane.ninai@gmail.com
Evaluating the potential of blockchain technology to radically transform business
[Feel free to download the presentation if you'd like to view it offline]
This presentation was made at the March 3, 2016 "Disruptive Innovations in Financial Services" Conference sponsored by the Institute for Financial Services Analytics at the Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware.
Eris Industries - American Banker presentation deck. Preston Byrne
Eris Industries' deck (and a recording of the talk) describing our view of where the blockchain space is going in the next couple of years. Any questions, ping Preston directly.
High level overview of how blokchain can be used in the insurance industry. Starts with a basic overview of blockchain, and ethereum smart contracts, and them talks about smart contracts can be leveraged in the insurance industry.
Bitcoin and Blockchain Explained: Cryptocitizen Smartnetwork Trust Melanie Swan
Blockchain technology is not just about cryptocurrencies, registering wills and IP on blockchains, and bank transfers taking less than 3 days to settle, philosophically blockchains invite a new level of thinking about the sensibility of the Cryptocitizen and possibilities for societal shared trust
The article outlines a number of disadvantages, advantages and advantages of the blockchain today. Also, the types of blockchain are given and how blockchain allows you to organize trade without intermediaries, which can later introduce many services into everyday life and change the way the banking sector works. Mukhammedova Zarina Murodovna "Disadvantages and Advantages of Blockchain" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46253.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/economics/other/46253/disadvantages-and-advantages-of-blockchain/mukhammedova-zarina-murodovna
Cryptocitizen: Smart Contracts, Pluralistic Morality, and Blockchain SocietyMelanie Swan
Blockchain technology is not just about registering wills and IP on blockchains, and bank transfers taking less than 3 days to settle, philosophically blockchains invite a new level of thinking about what it is to be a cryptocitizen and possibilities for societal design
Unbundling Of Financial Services: The Blockchain(s) RevolutionGeorge Samuel Samman
This is a deck which talks about blockchain(s) and their use cases, It is based off of some o the best thought in the space and looks at why banking and financial services will be changed.
FirstPartner's 2016 Blockchain Ecosystem Market Map helps to decrypt the blockchain landscape with a visual overview of the emerging ecosystem, players, technologies and trends. It clearly summarises three main areas of focus emerging around the core blockchain or distributed ledger protocols:
1) Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies: Providing an alternative to centrally managed "fiat" currencies, this sector includes Bitcoin exchanges, Bitcoin wallets, miners and cryptocurrency payment processors. The map illustrates how these companies interact and features some leading players including Coinbase, Circle, Kraken and 21 Inc.
2) The Financial Services Blockchain: This has been the main area of focus over the last 12 months as attention shifts from Bitcoin to Financial Services applications. An increasing number of players are focussing on commercialising blockchain technologies for banks, securities, derivatives and asset markets and institutional investors - and are attracting VC funding to do so. Ripple and Ethereum are leading candidate protocols for payment processing and smart contracts and players including Ripple, Chain and Digital Asset Holdings are gaining traction with Financial Institutions. The Map highlights leading technology companies and some of the banks, card schemes and processors who are investing in or evaluating distributed ledger technologies.
3) Other Use Cases: The distributed ledger concept and its ability to support transparent and tamper-proof asset registration, proof of ownership and asset transfer transactions makes it potentially applicable to multiple non financial use cases. The Map highlights a number of candidate use cases including publishing, legal, distributed data storage, document management and IoT. Some of the pioneering initiatives and companies exploring these applications are included.
Crucially the Map also provides a clear pictorial explanation and summary of the leading protocols at the heart of the ecosystem and concepts including coloured coins and smart contracts that supplement them to make a number of the proposed services possible.
A printable version of the map can be downloaded from www.firstpartner.net.
Blockchain - part 6 of 7 modern trends that every it pro should know about-Ibrahim Muhammadi
Blockchain and decentralized applications based on it are disrupting all major industries today. That is why I have included it in my series of 7 modern trends that every IT pro should know about.
This project was directed by Professor David Lee Kuo Chuen. It presents some aspects of Blockchain including introduction, applicable areas, current situation in China, Ethereum, Factom, and future perspectives.
Evaluating the potential of blockchain technology to radically transform business
[Feel free to download the presentation if you'd like to view it offline]
This presentation was made at the March 3, 2016 "Disruptive Innovations in Financial Services" Conference sponsored by the Institute for Financial Services Analytics at the Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware.
Eris Industries - American Banker presentation deck. Preston Byrne
Eris Industries' deck (and a recording of the talk) describing our view of where the blockchain space is going in the next couple of years. Any questions, ping Preston directly.
High level overview of how blokchain can be used in the insurance industry. Starts with a basic overview of blockchain, and ethereum smart contracts, and them talks about smart contracts can be leveraged in the insurance industry.
Bitcoin and Blockchain Explained: Cryptocitizen Smartnetwork Trust Melanie Swan
Blockchain technology is not just about cryptocurrencies, registering wills and IP on blockchains, and bank transfers taking less than 3 days to settle, philosophically blockchains invite a new level of thinking about the sensibility of the Cryptocitizen and possibilities for societal shared trust
The article outlines a number of disadvantages, advantages and advantages of the blockchain today. Also, the types of blockchain are given and how blockchain allows you to organize trade without intermediaries, which can later introduce many services into everyday life and change the way the banking sector works. Mukhammedova Zarina Murodovna "Disadvantages and Advantages of Blockchain" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46253.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/economics/other/46253/disadvantages-and-advantages-of-blockchain/mukhammedova-zarina-murodovna
Cryptocitizen: Smart Contracts, Pluralistic Morality, and Blockchain SocietyMelanie Swan
Blockchain technology is not just about registering wills and IP on blockchains, and bank transfers taking less than 3 days to settle, philosophically blockchains invite a new level of thinking about what it is to be a cryptocitizen and possibilities for societal design
Unbundling Of Financial Services: The Blockchain(s) RevolutionGeorge Samuel Samman
This is a deck which talks about blockchain(s) and their use cases, It is based off of some o the best thought in the space and looks at why banking and financial services will be changed.
FirstPartner's 2016 Blockchain Ecosystem Market Map helps to decrypt the blockchain landscape with a visual overview of the emerging ecosystem, players, technologies and trends. It clearly summarises three main areas of focus emerging around the core blockchain or distributed ledger protocols:
1) Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies: Providing an alternative to centrally managed "fiat" currencies, this sector includes Bitcoin exchanges, Bitcoin wallets, miners and cryptocurrency payment processors. The map illustrates how these companies interact and features some leading players including Coinbase, Circle, Kraken and 21 Inc.
2) The Financial Services Blockchain: This has been the main area of focus over the last 12 months as attention shifts from Bitcoin to Financial Services applications. An increasing number of players are focussing on commercialising blockchain technologies for banks, securities, derivatives and asset markets and institutional investors - and are attracting VC funding to do so. Ripple and Ethereum are leading candidate protocols for payment processing and smart contracts and players including Ripple, Chain and Digital Asset Holdings are gaining traction with Financial Institutions. The Map highlights leading technology companies and some of the banks, card schemes and processors who are investing in or evaluating distributed ledger technologies.
3) Other Use Cases: The distributed ledger concept and its ability to support transparent and tamper-proof asset registration, proof of ownership and asset transfer transactions makes it potentially applicable to multiple non financial use cases. The Map highlights a number of candidate use cases including publishing, legal, distributed data storage, document management and IoT. Some of the pioneering initiatives and companies exploring these applications are included.
Crucially the Map also provides a clear pictorial explanation and summary of the leading protocols at the heart of the ecosystem and concepts including coloured coins and smart contracts that supplement them to make a number of the proposed services possible.
A printable version of the map can be downloaded from www.firstpartner.net.
Blockchain - part 6 of 7 modern trends that every it pro should know about-Ibrahim Muhammadi
Blockchain and decentralized applications based on it are disrupting all major industries today. That is why I have included it in my series of 7 modern trends that every IT pro should know about.
This project was directed by Professor David Lee Kuo Chuen. It presents some aspects of Blockchain including introduction, applicable areas, current situation in China, Ethereum, Factom, and future perspectives.
Impact of Blockchain on IT AuditBlockchain Techn.docxsheronlewthwaite
Impact of Blockchain on IT Audit
Blockchain Technology Overview
Three Levels of Blockchain, Tokens
Alliances and Industry Adoption
Smart Contracts
Identity Management
Criticism and Challenges
Impact on the IT Audit Function
Learning and Engagement
Agenda
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Blockchain technology is a digital innovation that is poised to significantly alter financial markets within the next few years, within a cryptographic ecosystem that has the potential to also significantly impact trusted computing activities and therefore cybersecurity concerns as a whole.
Blockchain Overview
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How many of you:
Have heard of bitcoins?
Own cryptocurrency?
Feel you understand the underlying blockchain technology?
Feel you can summarize for us the benefits of the “trust economy”?
Are involved in projects that involve blockchain technology implementation or related activities?
Student Exposure
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Where It All Started
Blockchain technology was first introduced in a whitepaper entitled: “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008.
No reliance on trust
Digital signatures
Peer-to-peer network
Proof-of-work
Public history of transactions
Honest, independent nodes control majority of CPU computing power
Nodes vote with CPU computing power
Rules and incentives enforced through consensus mechanism
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
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Cryptocurrency Summarized
Bitcoin was the first digital, i.e., cryptocurrency
A maximum of 21 million Bitcoins can be generated
Just as with real world mining, energy must be invested to solve complex mathematical problems by which systems earn Bitcoins
https://www.cryptocoincharts.info/coins/info claims to be indexing 4,220 cryptocurrencies
Most circulated: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin
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The Technology Behind Bitcoin
Think of Bitcoin as an electronic asset (as well as a digital currency)
A network of computers keeps track of Bitcoin payments, and adds them to an ever-growing list of all the Bitcoin payments that have been made, called “The Bitcoin Blockchain”
The file that contains data about all the Bitcoin transactions is often called a “ledger”
Bitcoin value is created through transaction processing, referred to as “mining,” which is performed by distributed processors called “nodes” of the peer-to-peer network
A Gentle Introduction to Bitcoin by Antony Lewis, https://bravenewcoin.com/assets/Reference-Papers/A-Gentle-Introduction/A-Gentle-Introduction-To-Bitcoin-WEB.pdf
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Mining Evolution
Mining is the process whereby value is created through transaction processing that occurs on nodes of the network.
In 2009, one could mine 200 Bitcoins with a personal, home computer. In 2015, it would take about 98 years to mine just 1 Bitcoin.
Today there is almost no money to be made through traditional home mining.
ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) has been designed strictly for mining Bitcoins.
Groups of miners have formed mining pools, with each being paid their relati ...
The Road Ahead: Strategic Overview on the Ethos Bedrock Enterprise-grade Bloc...Samuel Feintech
An overview of Ethos' path to bringing crypto to the masses through the Ethos Universal Wallet and how Ethos Bedrock API is being used to build a Fiat Gateway, Cryptocurrency Payment solution, Wealth Management, Banking and Exchange solutions.
This was presented August 8th, 2018 by Shingo Lavine during our Community Q&A.
Visit ethos.io for more information, download the Ethos Universal Wallet today!
The Road Ahead: Strategic Overview on the Ethos Bedrock Enterprise-grade Bloc...Shingo Lavine
An overview of Ethos' path to bringing crypto to the masses through the Ethos Universal Wallet and how Ethos Bedrock API is being used to build a Fiat Gateway, Cryptocurrency Payment solution, Wealth Management, Banking and Exchange solutions.
This was presented August 8th, 2018 by Shingo Lavine during our Community Q&A.
Visit ethos.io for more information, download the Ethos Universal Wallet today!
A guest lecture delivered by Dr Farrukh Habib at INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, on 22nd March, 2018.
Dr Farrukh Habib is an expert in sharia and Islamic finance. He is a adviser, researcher and trainer. He is keen interest in FinTech.
How to raise $100M for your healthcare startup via ICO: Breaking the myths of...VSee
Telehealth Failures & Secrets to Success Conference 2017 by VSee
Speaker: Danny Yang & Tim Swanson
CEO of BlockSeer & Director of Post Oak Labs
More info at: vsee.com/conference
Blockchain Impact in Financial Sector Research by Artivatic.aiArtivatic.ai
Blockchain is the hot & most important new age technology that is going to disrupt the decentralization among the enterprises for information exchange, transaction and storing the information in most secure and safe way. Decentralized technology is going to change the way businesses are done in the future. Its the future of technology. Do read some research insights from Artivatic.ai team for the Blockchain industry.
It explains the concept of Blockchain which is going revolutionize the world economy. Blockchain is going to change money, business and thus the world.
The ecosystem supporting blockchain technology has matured to the point where the rollout of multiple enterprise blockchain solutions is imminent. This is technology that cannot be ignored by any industry as it poses both a threat and an opportunity for organisations. This paper outlines the potential of blockchain technology.
Business Opportunities in Fintech and BlockchainSaeed Al Dhaheri
This presentation was given at the Etisalat Academy Blockchain Symposium. It highlights how fintech and blockchain technologies are disrupting the financial services industries and other vertical domains as well. It also highlights the important features of blockchain and discusses the business opportunities. It briefly explains types of blockchain and the difference between public and private blockchain ledgers. It talks about the world most major initiatives including Dubai blockchain strategy and provide some examples from current PoC projects in UAE.
Blockchain and its Applications in the Finance Industry milemadinah
Blockchain and its Applications in the Finance Industry | Nida Khan the head of research | Conexcap | MILE WEBINARS
The revolution against the banking industry is taking place at a breathtaking speed with the movement spearheaded by a new breed of technology entrepreneurs. The finance industry has long been marked by complex regulations, high barriers to entry and economies of scale and this is all set for disruption by the present fintech revolution. One of the most controversial and debated topics in the finance industry is blockchain. It is the buzzword in the finance world nowadays. The rise in Google searches for the term has risen to 1900% since 2013.
Expanding Beyond Cryptocurrency in the Digital World using Blockchain TechnologyYogeshIJTSRD
A blockchain is principally a distributed database of records or public ledger of all transactions or digital events that are executed and shared among the participating parties. Once entered, information can never be erased. The blockchain encompasses a precise and supportable record of each solo transaction ever made in the history of all the transactions. Bitcoin, the decentralized digital currency, is that the most well liked example that uses blockchain technology. The digital currency bitcoin itself is extremely controversial but the underlying blockchain technology has worked flawlessly and located a good range of applications in both the financial and nonfinancial world. Anirvan Vinod "Expanding Beyond Cryptocurrency in the Digital World using Blockchain Technology" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43871.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/other/43871/expanding-beyond-cryptocurrency-in-the-digital-world-using-blockchain-technology/anirvan-vinod
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...
Blockchain case study powerpoints: Brief intro
1. Blockchain Technology Case Studies
• Prepared by Shane Ninai
• shane.ninai@gmail.com
• A look at a few startups and examples of how blockchain technology
is being used today.
• Massive growth potential
• Watch videos and follow links for maximum impact
2. Case Studies
• Identity
• Smart Contracts
• Financial Services
• Land Title Registry
• What Investors are Saying
3. Identity
• Registering and proving identity and existence on the blockchain
• Potential use cases
• National ID, Passports, drivers license, birth certificate, employee ID
card, student ID cards, police officer ID, voter registration
• Company example: Onename
4. https://onename.com/
Decentralised identity and naming authentication system built on the blockchain.
Onename is building the authentication layer for the Internet.
Onename makes it easy to register and manage blockchain IDs with an easy to
use web application. Anyone can create a personal or company profile and share
their blockchain ID on their website, social media profiles, and business cards so
others can easily find them online. Developers can integrate support for
blockchain IDs to offer users password-less login, secure messaging, and granular
control over data access and privacy.
Because blockchain IDs are decentralized, users are in control of their online
identity and developers are free to pursue permissionless innovation. Register a
blockchain ID to experience the future of identity today.
i.e. https://onename.com/ryan
9. Onename Launches Blockchain Identity Product Passcard
Blockchain startup Onename launched its new product Passcard this week, which uses a blockchain-tied profile to create
a secure and “trustless” identity. Onename plans on eventually using it as a sort of digital key to your identity, potentially
replacing passwords, the keys to your house and even your passport.
Passcards are a digital form of identity and access control designed to initially replace passwords, and in the future,
replace forms of physical identification like passports and driver’s licenses. You’ll be able to use it to enter your apartment
or your office and when asked to present identification in an in-person context. The future of identity is here
Onename was founded in March 2014. The company raised a $1.5 million seed round from Barry Silbert’s Bitcoin
Opportunity Fund, Fred Wilson through Union Square Ventures, AngelList CEO and co-founder Naval Ravikant and
investment firm SV Angel.
10. Smart contracts
• Unbreakable escrow
• Eliminate the risk of relying on others to follow through on their commitments
• Fully customizable smart contracts
• Small bits of code attached to an asset, which determines where and how the underlying
asset will perform based on events in the network. The promise of financial instruments that
are routed through the economy autonomously, and without need for intervention by a
custodian, is immense.
• With a blockchain, only the two parties involved in a 'contract' have access to their funds,
and when a contract is deployed, these funds are determined by the blockchain to be
'allocated' to the contract, and are unspendable by either party until the terms of the
contract have expired.
• With the removal of an escrow agent, none of the involved parties, or a counterparty, can
control or moderate the asset during or after the contract's terms have come to pass.
• Company example: Hedgy
13. “We're on a mission to create a more open, accountable and distributed financial world, where
commercial contracts are executed and enforced by the laws of math -- not the flaws of man.
We're re-building traditional financial infrastructure using cryptographic ledgers”
http://hedgy.co/
Hedgy helps traders execute & settle over-the-counter forwards with less counterparty risk
using smart contracts on the blockchain.
Bitcoin derivatives startup Hedgy has raised $1.2m in new seed funding from a group of 10
investors that includes Draper Fisher Jurvetson partner Tim Draper, Salesforce CEO Marc
Benioff and Sand Hill Ventures.
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17. • Blockchain-based smart contract platform Hedgy, which previously
raised US$1.2 million in a seed funding round led by Salesforce CEO
Marc Benioff and Draper Fisher Jurvetson partner Tim Draper in April
2015, has released a demo of its blockchain-based software that
allows commercial traders to “independently create, enforce and
physically settle OTC forward contracts.”
• A forward contract, which is also known to be the backbone of
derivatives, is a type of a derivative instrument which acts as a
bilateral agreement between two counterparties looking to buy or sell
an asset or commodity for a fixed price at a specified date in the
future.
• For centuries, businesses have utilized forward contracts to protect
their assets and commercial interests against financial risk, such as
currency volatility. However, such contract is often manipulated and
left unsettled, due to one party’s failure to meet the contractual
obligation and deadline of the payment stated in the contract.
18. • Hedgy aims to offer a “less toxic OTC trading experience” by
introducing the blockchain technology to the traditional over-the-
counter financial market to allow the deployment of irrefutable,
irreversible and unalterable smart contracts to authenticate and
verify the contractual obligations between two parties involved in a
forward contract.
• “The genesis of our thesis was simple. If we could utilize Bitcoin’s P2P
network combined with the blockchain, then maybe we could create
a safer OTC forward contract, which would lead to a more open,
accountable and distributed financial world,” the Hedgy team wrote
in its newly published report.
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21.
22. https://www.ethereum.org/
Ethereum is a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as
programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third party interference.
These apps run on a custom built blockchain, an enormously powerful shared global infrastructure
that can move value around and represent the ownership of property.
This enables developers to create markets, store registries of debts or promises, move funds in
accordance with instructions given long in the past (like a will or a futures contract) and many other
things that have not been invented yet, all without a middle man or counterparty risk.
27. Financial Services
• A distributed ledger or smart-contract uses the blockchain as
payment protection, a remittance system and even a bank account,
offering the hope of an alternative financial scheme and more
financial inclusion to billions of ‘unbanked’ people around the world.
• Low cost cross-border frictionless payments, low transaction risk,
near instant settlement, easy to use no third party
• Example company https://coins.ph/
• Unbanked, remittances and financial services
28. Bitcoin: Crypto-Currency
Play video: What is Bitcoin
When a token on the blockchain is assigned monetary value. Global decentralised currency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo
29. How Blockchain will change finance
Play video: How blockchain will change finance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYduOfRLHq0
30. R3 CEV works with
all the major banks
to develop a
blockchain platform
for the financial
industry
R3 focuses on distributed ledger technology and has partnered with 42 banks around the world, such as Goldman
Sachs, HSBC and Toronto Dominion, over the past year to create a blockchain consortium of financial institutions.
R3 CEV believes in the value of a private “permissioned” blockchain, rather than a public “permissionless” blockchain.
The entire world has access to a permissionless ledger, and it requires a digital asset, such as bitcoin, to operate as a
financial incentive to encourage people and businesses to contribute their computing power to secure the network.
This also deters fraud as the network grows larger. Only a select group of trusted parties is required to maintain a
permissioned blockchain.
34. • Coins.ph is a mobile platform connecting 300+ million people in Southeast Asia who are currently out of
reach for traditional banking with services from existing banks and financial product providers.
• Platform utilizes existing retail infrastructure (10,000+ locations) for deposits and withdrawals, cutting
down on one of the biggest cost components of traditional retail banking.
• Founded in 2014, Coins.ph now processes thousands of transactions per day, including remittances, bills
payment, mobile top-ups, and other services provided by third-party covered financial institutions.
• Bringing financial services to the unbanked through mobile and the Blockchain. Bitcoin exchange.
• Bangkok, Manila, South-East Asia
• Mobile payments, Peer-to-peer money transfer
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37. Land Title Registry
• Land rights abuse, corruption and mismanagement
• Use blockchain to register securely
• Case example: Factom http://factom.org/
38. • Businesses and governments can use Factom to simplify records
management, record business processes, and address security and
compliance issues.
Factom maintains a permanent, time-stamped record of your data in
the blockchain. Reduce the cost and complexity of conducting audits,
managing records, and complying with government regulations.
Use the blockchain to power a remarkable range of applications,
including audit systems, medical records, supply chain management,
voting systems, property titles, legal applications, and financial
systems.
39. Factom- Land title registry
Factom worked with Govt of Honduras to record land title registry
http://www.coindesk.com/factom-land-registry-deal-honduran-government/
$9 trillion market
Land, mineral rights, completely secure and immutable audit
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42. What investors are saying
Tim Draper:
Draper Fisher Jurvetson- Founder and Managing Director
https://angel.co/timdraper
Leading venture capitalist in Blockchain
http://www.coindesk.com/tim-draper-revealed-silk-road-bitcoin-auction-winner/
43. What investors are saying
Adam Draper:
Boost VC- Founder and Managing Director
https://angel.co/adam172draper
Leading venture capitalist in Blockchain
http://www.coindesk.com/boost-vc-goes-full-bitcoin-next-startup-mentor-round/
44. What investors are saying
Ian Lee:
Citi Ventures- Senior Vice President
http://www.citi.com/ventures/bioLee.html
Leading venture capitalist in Blockchain
45. Bitcoin- More than just money
Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CypPMzZinys