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Until recently, blockchain technology was primarily of interest to financial institutions. The ability of blockchain to authenticate digital information and create smart contracts is leveraging the usefulness of technology on a world-changing scale. The new breed of programmable blockchain platforms, such as Ethereum, which provides decentralized computational power, is making the technology applicable to a wide range of cases and industries.
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Attaran, M., Gunasekaran, A. (2019). New Business Applications for the Blockchain. In: Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business. SpringerBriefs in Operations Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27798-7_13
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