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Blockchain is one of the most highly requested digital professional skills of 2020 according to LinkedIn. Emerged for the first time in 2009 with the dawn and emergence of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology has created the backbone of a new type of Internet, expanding its areas of application.

Blockchain initiatives could get a 3-year immunity or grace period from U.S. securities laws to create distributed systems. As per the latest Safe Harbor application by Hester Peirce, U.S. SEC Commissioner.

The digitalization of small companies, especially industrial ones, is changing not only from a technological aspect but also from a cultural and educational aspect. Due to the potential use of blockchain and cryptocurrency, the many actors are trying to acquire knowledge and investment in a digital perspective.

The East African region is increasingly proving itself as a real field of application for new technologies including cryptocurrency and blockchain, showing its wide range of implementation and potential. These include the application of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the agrifood sector, particularly in the six countries of the East African Community (EAC) which includes Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.

The breadth and complexity of the coffee supply chain globally makes traceability a pretty difficult principle to guarantee. The path of the beans is long and articulated: once they grow up they first reach the cooperatives, then move on to the export, shipping and import companies, face the roasting process, and then be managed by distributors and retailers, before reaching the end consumer.

According to the significant technological change that has occurred in the past decade, we can now be sure that the integration of innovative tools including blockchain, distributed ledger technology (DLT), and general data protection regulation (GDPR) standards are somehow sufficient and able to ensure the security and privacy of personal data in future Internet systems.

Current market events are strongly indicating that the ethereum network will see massive growth this year. According to a recent report, the active number of users on the ethereum network doubled in period of just five months. Speculators claim that cryptocurrency could gain mainstream usage this year.

The blockchain is not just Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency is in fact only one of its possible applications.

The ban by Apple and Google of decentralized applications (DApps) is getting serious.