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Why Is Nobody Paying Attention to Blockchain’s Potential Ability to End Fraud?

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Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and ICOs have become major buzzwords in news headlines, blog posts, podcasts, and reports as 2018 gets underway. However, it is surprising that nobody seems to be paying much attention to the underlying technology powering the disruptive nature of cryptocurrencies and altcoins – blockchain technology. Interestingly, the cryptocurrency industry is getting bigger despite all the criticism from Wall Street.

Apart from powering cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, blockchain technology has incredible potential to create an unparalleled level of trust in business interactions without the need to hire a third party. To understand how blockchain solves the trust issue in business relationships, you’ll need to understand how Blockchain works.  Blockchain technology is simply a decentralized network of computers in which data is cryptographically encrypted and stored in a block, and with each new block being nested in the previous block. This piece examines three applications of blockchain technology for engendering trust and limiting fraud in business transactions.

1.    Increased customer data protection can prevent identity theft

Identity theft is expensive, it costs both businesses and individuals – individuals can expect to lose an average of $1,343 when they fall victim and businesses lose at least $16 billion to identity fraud each year. The time wasted reconciling accounts, emotional stress, and paranoia that victims experience are also parts of the hidden costs of identity theft. Blockchain technology can bring a decisive end to identity theft by powering a personalized, biometric, cryptographically encrypted, and universal individual ID system.

To begin with, users will have more control over the kind of data they choose to share with businesses and brands because you won’t need to reveal your credit card information before you buy stuff online. Secondly, the strong security that blockchain provides will protect personal data from unauthorized access since every “log in” to the database is visible (to all nodes) and recorded. Hence, any attempt to compromise data will be identified from the inception and it would be easier to take proactive and preventative actions instead of reactive and correctional actions.

2.    More efficient supply chain systems

The global economy has become incredibly connected and interdependent such that it is practically hard to guess correctly where the bacon on your table originated from. In addition, there’s a massive value chain along the supply routes acting as the custodian of trade at the intersection of mining, agriculture, manufacturing, transporting, advertisement, and banking among others. The problem however is that the incredible length of the supply and value chains makes it practically impossible to vet and verify quality controls between the raw materials and the finished product.

When you buy steak in a restaurant, you have to rely on the word of the chef that you are eating grass-fed beef – the restaurant also relies on the words of the supplier – and the supplier relies on the word of the farm. With blockchain technology, it will be easier to verify claims along the supply chain because the proof is encoded in the blockchain. Hence, buyers won’t have to be worried about fraudulent or misleading advertisement because you can verify claims before buying.

3.    Smart contracts can retire the escrow system

Escrow services have grown to become an important part of business transactions. People use escrow services in the underwriting process of buying a home, in international business transactions, and escrows have become a major driver of the gig economy.

The problem with escrow services however is that you’ll unwittingly tie down huge sum of cash while waiting for the counterparty to fulfill their end of the agreement. You’ll also have to pay the escrow company a fee for their service. In addition, you run the risk (albeit small) that the escrow company might be compromised, go out of business, or tricked into releasing funds to the wrong person.

With blockchain technology, people can create simple contracts on the “if this, then that” premise to ensure seamless transactions between counterparties that require a third party for trust. Hence, there’ll be a lower cost of doing business because you don’t have to pay an escrow company. Secondly, businesses can confidently place money in crypto wallets without worrying that the escrow company will disappear overnight.

 

 

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  1. ElementoSurprise says:
    7 years ago

    “Nobody paying attention” is simply a metaphor for institutions that are ferociously attempting to protect the king’s fortune. Very precarious in these times of unlimited innovation potential! If you were renting a movie from local video rental store (dvd’s) while everyone else is streaming through high bandwidth pipe directly into their home hardly seems practical? The cabal is trying to wrestle an octopus of monumental proportions when it as already mated and multiplied a million fold. This momma octopus is already the size of Manhattan and the babies are voracious and growing fast. Jamie Dimon and his establishment need more than their best game face for this one…! They were stifling progress and way overplayed their hand, likely were counting on hitlery clinton winning the presidency?

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  1. ElementoSurprise says:
    7 years ago

    “Nobody paying attention” is simply a metaphor for institutions that are ferociously attempting to protect the king’s fortune. Very precarious in these times of unlimited innovation potential! If you were renting a movie from local video rental store (dvd’s) while everyone else is streaming through high bandwidth pipe directly into their home hardly seems practical? The cabal is trying to wrestle an octopus of monumental proportions when it as already mated and multiplied a million fold. This momma octopus is already the size of Manhattan and the babies are voracious and growing fast. Jamie Dimon and his establishment need more than their best game face for this one…! They were stifling progress and way overplayed their hand, likely were counting on hitlery clinton winning the presidency?

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