Blockchain technologie heeft een aantal kenmerken die er voor zorgen dat het gezien wordt als dé toekomst voor veilige informatieopslag. Echter zijn er nog weinig onderzoeken gedaan naar de werking...Show moreBlockchain technologie heeft een aantal kenmerken die er voor zorgen dat het gezien wordt als dé toekomst voor veilige informatieopslag. Echter zijn er nog weinig onderzoeken gedaan naar de werking van deze technologie binnen de publieke sector. Estland is een van de weinige landen waar blockchain technologie reeds is geïmplementeerd. Echter bleek uit de bevindingen van dit onderzoek dat Estland slechts een aantal elementen van de technologie heeft gebruikt, voornamelijk hebben ze ingezet op het gebruiken van het hashing systeem, dat een belangrijke rol speelt binnen de blockchain technologie. Daarnaast bleef het land grote aantallen cyberincidenten kennen. Om die redenen is geconcludeerd dat binnen de case van blockchain technologie in Estland een geringe impact van de technologie op gebied van de cybersecurity in het land is aangetroffen. Meer onderzoek naar blockchain in de publieke sector is nodig om de daadwerkelijke impact op gebied van cybersecurity vast te stellen.Show less
Technological innovation is restructuring and helping shape the way society functions. The Internet revolutionised the way people could communicate with one another on a global and instant level....Show moreTechnological innovation is restructuring and helping shape the way society functions. The Internet revolutionised the way people could communicate with one another on a global and instant level. Just over a decade ago, the Bitcoin whitepaper published under the alias Satoshi Nakamoto opened up a whole new area of technological advancement. With the coming of Bitcoin came the introduction to blockchain. Creating a peer-to-peer transaction system, based on a decentralised network in which all participants contribute to the distributed ledger was a new way of looking at traditional payment mechanisms. Blockchain technology is transparent by nature and forms the basis of many opportunities - be it instant payments, placing our trust in algorithmic computing validation, and letting go of the idea that ‘trusted’ third parties – or intermediaries - are a necessity when it comes to transferring assets from one party toanother. Given the implications blockchain could have for the traditional financial industry, this thesis aims to explore the nature of blockchain technology and its new layer of trust within the financial sector.Show less
This thesis goes into blockchain technology as a possible solution to the lack of effectiveness in contemporary humanitarian aid delivery. The literature review lays out the contemporary...Show moreThis thesis goes into blockchain technology as a possible solution to the lack of effectiveness in contemporary humanitarian aid delivery. The literature review lays out the contemporary humanitarian aid supply chain and the bottlenecks that hold back the effectiveness. The supply chain is divided into three separate chains and problems inherent to that specific chain are analyzed. Blockchain and its potential for the humanitarian aid industry is outlined and applied to the within- case study of the use of blockchain technology by the United Nations World Food Programme. The case study analyses the solution that blockchain has to offer to the bottlenecks in practice. This thesis concludes with stating that blockchain has the potential to increase effectiveness in certain parts of the contemporary humanitarian supply chain.Show less
Cryptocurrencies, although in their infancy, are becoming increasingly important for the global economy. Bitcoin was the first invented cryptocurrency, created by a group or person under the...Show moreCryptocurrencies, although in their infancy, are becoming increasingly important for the global economy. Bitcoin was the first invented cryptocurrency, created by a group or person under the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto in 2007, allowing for the exchange of economic value by use of its verifiable and cryptographically secure blockchain. While many countries still don’t even know how to define cryptocurrencies, China has been regulating them for years. The Chinese tech industry also often exemplifies that it is at the forefront of global blockchain technology development with its numerous fast-growing companies and tokens such as DeepBrain Chain, Ontology Network, NEO, Tron, and QTUM, thus suggesting that the tech must be succeeding in certain areas, perhaps either as a result of government regulation, or in spite of it. This paper has contextualised the state of the Chinese blockchain industry in regards to a new type of blockchain political economy and in terms of the Chinese regulatory climate.Show less
