Blockchain and Middlemen – The Way Forward | Peatix tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2021-11-15T08:48:39+08:00 Peatix Co. KL Blockchain and Middlemen – The Way Forward tag:peatix.com,2017:event-290051 2017-08-09T14:30:00MYT 2017-08-09T14:30:00MYT IBM’s database model stood unchanged until about 10 years ago, when blockchain came into this conservative space with a radical new proposition: What if your database worked like a network – a network that’s shared with everybody in the world, where anyone and anything can connect to it? Vinay Gupta, Harvard Business Review (2017) Blockchain experts call this “decentralization.” Decentralization offers the promise of nearly friction-free cooperation between members of complex networks that can add value to each other by enabling collaboration without central authorities and middle man.  Join us to understand the impact it has on the technology industry.