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• CBA and Data61 pilot blockchain-based ‘smart money’ app for NDIS payments

  Commonwealth Bank of Australia has partnered with CSIRO’s Data61 group to pilot a blackchain-based programmable money app.

• Fork-free, energy efficient Red Belly Blockchain validated in global test

  ​Researchers behind the ‘fork-free’ Red Belly Blockchain have validated their work on a global scale, by deploying it on 1,000 virtual machines across 14 of Amazon Web Services’ 18 geographic regions.

• Westpac proof of concept wins tech buzzword bingo

  ​Westpac has launched a proof of concept combining four of the most talked about technologies of the day: data analytics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and blockchain.

• CBA and EY pilot blockchain-backed, shared smart asset platform

  ​Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Ernst & Young (EY) have developed a blockchain-based platform to enable high-value assets to be more easily shared between businesses.

• NSW birth certificates, property titles and motor rego headed for the blockchain

  ​Secure Logic, makers of the blockchain platform underpinning the NSW Government’s digital driver’s licence pilot, has revealed its ambitions for the technology across a bevy of state government services.

• Spending on blockchain technology to double this year to US$2.1b

  Led by financial services, industries are ramping up spending on blockchain distributed ledger technology at unprecedented rates; 2018 will mark the move from pilot programs to real-world rollouts.

• What is blockchain and how does it work?

  Bitcoin exploded on to the world’s stage in 2012 as a currency backed by everyone and controlled by no one. But what exactly makes it work from a technology standpoint?

Whitepapers about Blockchain

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  Be The Strategic One

  Manufacturing and distribution is on the pinnacle of industry renaissance. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, 3D printing, augmented reality, blockchain, machine learning, voice-controlled user interfaces, and robotics are already reinvigorating some of the most depressed parts of these sectors, globally. Are Australian manufacturing and distribution businesses ready to take advantage?