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Perspective
26 July 2016

Is Blockchain the new space race?

Region:
Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe
Reporter
The creation of Chinese and Russian blockchain consortiums to match the New York-based R3CEV consortium evokes a Cold War space race in the financial technology sector. The new consortiums are a healthy sign of worldwide interest in distributed ledger technology, but also potentially indicate a fragmentation of the blockchain verification systems.

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