<div dir="ltr">Yes - there are many many use cases for a blockchain / decentralized ledger. <div><br></div><div>The financial sector is usually the first to take in a technology because margins are high and there is room for disruption -- plus the market sizes are usually larger...but here are two of the many other use cases (run by female founders!):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.everledger.io/">Everledger</a> is a South-African/UK company with deep experience in gem certification that uses hi-tech photography to record unique identities of diamonds, search databases for their authenticity, then use the bitcoin blockchain to store a "smart contract" forever...so that no two people can "own" the same diamond. This also will unlock these diamonds for insurance and asset-financing.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://stem.is/">Stem</a> is a US team that were Music Producers and Managers and is creating a way to put copywritten information on the bitcoin blockchain to unlock revenue streams</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Tony White <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tony.mzungu@gmail.com" target="_blank">tony.mzungu@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks, Elizabeth. That's a very interesting report - especially the<br>
(rather small) section on non-financial uses of blockchain technology.<br>
My take on this is that the technology would prove useful wherever<br>
transactions need to be securely recorded to the satisfaction of<br>
multiple parties.<br>
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The scope of opportunity here is immense. Time to dig out the K&R book... ;)<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Tony<br>
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On 18/07/2016, Elizabeth Rossiello via kictanet<br>
<span class=""><<a href="mailto:kictanet@gw.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@gw.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello All<br>
><br>
> Here is a great overview of the different parts of the Global Financial<br>
> Sector and how they are investing, experimenting, rejecting or obsessing<br>
> over all things "blockchain."<br>
><br>
> Good neutral view with pros, cons, costs and hurdles.<br>
><br>
> Keep warm!<br>
> Elizabeth<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Elizabeth Rossiello<br>
> CEO and Co-Founder<br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Elizabeth Rossiello<div>CEO and Co-Founder</div><div><b><font size="4">BitPESA</font></b></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Nigeria: +234 909 345 4135<br>Kenya: +254 710 891 851</span><br></div><div>Skype: erossiello</div></div></div></div></div>
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