Blockchain technology has disrupted the world of today, especially as the pandemic hit us. The restrictions and lack of engagement during the Covid-19 waves have diverted the attention of people all over the world to cryptocurrencies. While all that is going on, The technology kept evolving to provide many more use cases for Blockchains we see today. Some of these use cases can be utilized for many socio-economic applications too.

History has it that new technologies are often integrated with other technologies to give powerful applications for the users. One such combination that has been in talks is the integration of blockchain and IoT (Internet of things). Both the technologies are young and disruptive. The market for blockchain technology-based IoT systems has a huge potential in the global market.

“IoT has been one of the most exciting markets of the current generation. It had its issues with security and susceptibility to hacking. Blockchain technology can overcome these issues easily because of its tamper-proof and secure nature. While providers such as Amazon for Alexa devices and others have overcome this to a certain extent, they can still use the decentralized nature of blockchains to further the cause. Similar to what Android did for the smartphone market, blockchain can revolutionize IoT.” said Dev Sharma, CEO and Founder of Blockwiz, a global crypto marketing agency.

IOTA and its Tangle network aim to fulfill this gap in the market. Internet of Things (IoT) differs from most blockchains in crucial ways which makes them unusable for it. IoT can work on a system that supports multiple chains and nodes to connect multiple devices to the system. Conventional blockchains are based on a single-chain connecting and recording all activities to it. Also, as the number of activities (transactions) and the number of branches increase, the speed of transactions decreases and the cost per transaction increases. IoT requires a system that can do the opposite of this.

“The Tangle network is built on the principles of IoT and blockchain technology. As the branches increase, their speed increases while the cost remains negligible. Such a system can greatly increase the applicability and security of IoT activities. Also, being a publically available system, it can be used by developers for a wide range of applications at a very low cost. Being decentralized, it can be used by everyone throughout the globe. This is the heart and core of blockchain technology.” added Mr. Sharma of the Canada-based agency.

One of the most important advantages of using Blockchain technology for IoT is the secure accounting of all activities. This can be used to investigate any IoT system for tempering and misuse. This may not be possible with devices like Google Home, Alexa, and other systems since their data storage is centralized and inaccessible to users without legal intervention.

While many of us consider IoT devices being used in homes to control connected machines throughout our homes, the application of this tech is much more vast. Self-driving cars, traffic control, global supply chains, self-servicing machines, etc can all use IoT-like systems to enhance and automate our processes. However, the most important impact of the system is on the environment. Using lesser resources is the reason why such a system can have negligible transaction fees/costs which also points to savings on the environmental front.

The power of IoT with blockchain technology has the potential to automate large and complicated systems with low resource costs. We have all heard of the concept of smart cities, IoT is among the major technology that is used to define it. These concepts can easily become reality through a public blockchain system for IoT. Our world is changing continuously through technologies and the hope is that we can change it for the better, for us, and for the environment we live in.

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There will be 103 winners in total. The giveaway ends on January 2, 2022. Follow the hashtag across all socials for more details #PlaybetrAfrica.

Don’t waste your time and go get your reward. Good luck, have a great holiday, and bet on Playbetr!

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post. Readers should do their own due diligence before taking any actions related to any company, product, or service mentioned in this article. BitcoinAfrica.io is not responsible, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, product, or service mentioned in this post. 

Ever since the launch of Bitcoin 12 years ago, the cryptocurrency community has been desperately trying to work out the real identity of purported creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Writing in an online blog, Nakamoto claimed that he was a 37-year-old man living in Japan, but his impeccable command of the English language, alongside the timestamps connected to his posts, make that outcome an unlikely one.

Instead, Bitcoin enthusiasts have been seizing upon every morsel of information about Nakamoto to try and determine who he, she or they might be. Thankfully, the elusive individual did leave an extensive catalogue of messages and posts, alongside the famous whitepaper in 2008, which give a variety of clues as to their true identity. Here are a handful of the most important – can you use them to crack the case?

Background

Perhaps the starting point for trying to ascertain the identity of Nakamoto should concentrate on his credentials. In the aforementioned whitepaper, Nakamoto displayed an intimate knowledge of both cryptography and financial markets, marking him out as someone who has likely studied one or both. This scholarly background narrows down the field of candidates and suggests that the creator of Bitcoin has both academic and practical experience in these fields.

London Times

The very first 50 bitcoins brought into existence are now known as the “genesis block”. Mined by Nakamoto himself, they contained a line of text embedded into their code which read “The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.” The cryptic message is in fact the headline of a London Times article which criticized the government for its failure to protect the UK economy. The reference suggests that Nakamoto lives or works in the UK.

Britishisms

The idea that Nakamoto either is British or has lived in the British Isles for an extended period of time is backed up by the language used in his emails, posts and documents. For example, he not only prefers to use British English (such as “favour”) instead of American English (“favor”), but he also uses colloquial terms from the UK like “bloody hard” and “flat” instead of “apartment”. This has prompted many people to believe that he is, in fact, a British citizen.

Timestamps

Another signpost that Nakamoto might reside in Britain is the times of his internet activity. Analysis of his bitcoin forum posts reveals that he would rarely (if ever) send messages between the hours of 5am and 11am Greenwich Mean Time. What’s more, the pattern holds true for weekends as well as weekdays, suggesting that it was more tied to his sleep cycle than his work. For many, it’s the final clue that clinches the geographical location of Nakamoto.

Connectivity issues

Although Nakamoto refrained from giving away any personal information from himself, he did admit in one email to Hal Finney in 2008 that he was suffering from connectivity issues and would not be able to receive any correspondence from him at that time. This suggests that he was, at least temporarily, housed at a remote location. Some theorists have speculated that this could be Nakamoto’s way of throwing others off the scent, while others believe he is actually Finney himself, though it remains unclear if either hypothesis is accurate.

After his farewell message to the Bitcoin community in 2011, Nakamoto has never been heard from again – and we might never learn his identity. But for insightful commentary on who the mystery man might be, check out the list of possible candidates at https://bitcasino.io/blog/cryptocurrency/the-bitcoin-maker.