Oracles – The Internet of Blockchains

We discuss how blockchains’ inherent inability to connect to the real world limits their use and how oracles provide the solution by acting as middleware to their connection to the world. “The oracle problem” will be a central part of the analysis as well some of the leading projects. We find that oracles are pervasive […]

MicroStrategy Introduces Bitcoin to 7’000 Corporations

The business intelligence firm MicroStrategy was the first publicly traded company to add Bitcoin to their balance sheet. CEO Michael Saylor shared their strategy and reasoning in a conference that attracted representatives from 6’917 different companies. MicroStrategy held two-days of video sessions for companies interested in following its path to holding bitcoin. Called “Bitcoin for Corporations’”, the […]