As a technical platform for digital innovations, blockchain is a term currently on everyone's lips – given that, as a cross-sectional technology, it enables transparent and tamper-proof transactions. The application possibilities appear to be practically unlimited. In interview, Stephan Zimprich, eco Director for Blockchain,...

Personally Identifiable Information, Blockchain, and Privacy: How anonymous is anonymized data? Data processing on a blockchain is widely perceived to be completely anonymous and therefore “immune” to data protection laws – which are applicable only for processing of personal data.Lawyers Natalie...

Technical platforms based on blockchain will in particular support business applications and intermediary wants to create trust and process transactions. “New platforms are solving current problems in the areas of performance and scalability. So they will be able to take on more and more tasks in day-to-day business,”...