Blockchain’s Benefits for Insurers

February 25, 2017

Bitcoin has changed the money transfer process, but it’s likely that the technology behind the currency, blockchain, will have a greater impact. The blockchain is basically a data structure that enables the creation of a digital ledger of transactions and the ability to share them among a distributed network of computers. This new technology offers many business advantages, including simple and fast transactions, full transparency and security, constant accessibility, reduced cost and a single point of truth.

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whitePaper | December 10, 2019

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whitePaper | October 10, 2022

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