There is often some confusion in distinguishing the difference between the distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and blockchain. It’s easy to see why this happens as the two terms are so often conflated…
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Distributed Ledger Technology is not only about security, transparency and provenance. In the big picture, it can contribute to many significant fights against the biggest issues of the current century – modern slavery, cancer and climate change amongst others…
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We are proud to be working with Scottish Government to test out the use of blockchain technology to help implement their ambitious data vision for Scotland. This has been sighted by the likes of McKinsey as world-leading policy thinking on the provision of data services that are viewed as public services and data as a public asset beneficial to the society as a whole.
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The case for further government intervention in the construction industry
Project Bank Accounts (PBA) legislation is already in place for the construction industry in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Implementing PBAs in the rest of the UK seems the obvious response to this latest crisis in the construction industry. Is it enough? Wallet.Services Chairperson, Rab Campbell, argues for a more imaginative response from government to better protect firms at the foot of the supply chain and to unlock additional value.
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When I was at secondary school in 1989, Sir Tim Berners Lee wrote his paper proposing a World Wide Web of connected computers, which would allow digital exchange of information. I got into it immediately – recognising the potential of www to open up the internet to become a formidable engine for lowering barriers and empowering individuals, governments and businesses…
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Wallet.Services’ Strategic Transformation Director Dr Hannah Rudman considers the opportunities with SICCAR for supply chains across manufacturing and resources.
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Wallet.Services’ Strategic Transformation Director Dr Hannah Rudman reviews a year in which Distributed Ledger Technology has moved into the mainsteam, with public sector projects building trust and transparency into citizen services, and private sector projects reducing timescales for tracking and tracing products from a week to just 2.2 seconds.
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We know that the current underpinnings of the internet – databases (a fifty-year-old technology not designed for data sharing) and TCP IP (a sixty-year-old network tech not built for security) – are not fit for the level of digital life and business activities we do online today. Using the unique advantages of the distributed ledger technology, cross-organisational collaboration can be safer, faster, more cost-effective, up to date, trusted and secured.
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