Blockchain – is it actually worth it?

Now it's time to circle back to the question we asked initially – what benefits will blockchain bring to an organisation that make it worth the time and effort it will take to overcome these hurdles? Primarily once blockchain is implemented within the supply chain it will contribute to cost reduction and also address the…

Implementing blockchain in the mining industry

So far we have run through what blockchain is and its component parts, and investigated the benefits and drawbacks associated with these. Once an organisation determines the benefits accrued outweigh the drawbacks then it will need to implement the technology. Anyone with any experience of change management, large or small, will appreciate this comes with…

What actually is blockchain?

I'm sure most of you have heard of bitcoin and blockchain, but how many of you could explain the difference between the two or why we should even care? To be perfectly honest until I started listening to ZigZag podcast I don't think I could have either. The first series of this brilliant podcast breaks…

Joy of Invention

I wasn't actually planning to see Joy.  I was staying in my hometown over Christmas and one of my old school friends invited me to see it with her after our plans to drink mocktails in the pool were spoiled due to the rain. But I figured, why not?  I'd seen the same trailer come…