If you were a rice farmer in Japan before the 17th century, your life was one of constant toil, uncertainty and suffering. Although the costs of rice farming were more or less fixed, seeds, fertilizer, water and manpower, the ultimate price that you’d get at the market was like a game of Pachinko (a Japanese recreational arcade game that is typically used for gambling). During periods of bumper harvests, price of rice would fall and farmers would sometimes be left with less than the cost of their production (there is only so much sushi you can eat) and at other times, during poor harvests, rice prices would soar and farmers would get rich (provided they had survived the previous good harvest).
Yes, 2018, the 10th anniversary of Bitcoin, was the best ever year for the original cryptocurrency.
The projected growth in the number of data gathering and sharing devices, and the consequent increase in security risks in the next few years, necessitates an immediate focus on IoT security in healthcare delivery organizations.
Reach into your wallet and if you’re lucky, you probably have some crisp green notes inside. Take them out. Feel the cotton-linen blend between your fingers (that’s right greenbacks are not made of paper as the rappers would have you believe, they’re made of cotton and linen) and notice that unmistakable smell that is money. There’s nothing quite like having that tactile experience of money — better yet if that money has a portrait of Benjamin Franklin on it. From Rai Stones to seashells, mankind’s experience, encounter and regard for things of value has evolved throughout the ages and even today we’re evolving. Because that greenback that you just molested, is probably the closest you’ll get to government-issued money again as you go about your day.
Appended to the Bitcoin genesis block, the cornerstone with you will, was a cryptic (no pun intended) message,
The combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain is set to transform numerous industries by spawning radically new applications.
Artificial intelligence (AI) in workforce management can eliminate the guesswork for managers while making personnel-related decisions to enable effective use of the available talent pool.