Blockchain technology is now entering the crucial marketing phase of product development as apparently the word 'blockchain' is too technical and does not inspire trust in the technology nor does it help people understand it. Check out the story here. However this blogger will continue with the word 'blockchain' and will continue to look at various aspects of it as a technology. Without doubt the marketing folk will come up with a more cuddly name but will it help people real

Bitcoin in particular has propelled blockchain technology into the technical and business media as the next big disruptive technology, or a load of hype, take your pick. Whatever the truth of the matter there's a tsunami of opinionated content out there, although getting to the basic facts can be quite difficult. This blogchain (ho ho ho) will publish such facts as they become known to the blogger. The blogger being a 'mature' OLTP head more familiar with arcane topics such