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Sector Analysis

Blockchain technology

A Blockchain is a diary that is almost impossible to forge. It is a growing list of records, called
blocks that are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of
the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data. Blockchain was invented by a
person (or group of people) using the name Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 to serve as the
public transaction ledger of the crypto currency bitcoin. The invention of the blockchain for
bitcoin made it the first digital currency to solve the double-spending problem without the
need of a trusted authority or central server. The bitcoin design has inspired other
applications and blockchains that are readable by the public are widely used by crypto

currencies. The following insights are provided as synopsis of our complete landscape
study.
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Top Assignees NCHAIN HOLDING, 52

COINPLUG, 29
BLOCK CHAIN
HOLDING, 13
VISA, 10

DELL , 3 MASTERCARD, 7 SIEMENS, 11

BUNDESDRUCKEREI
GMBH, 7
BANK OF AMERICA, 3

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