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Topic: [2016-03-05] Hindu: Blockchain’s distributed network makes it hard to tamper (Read 999 times)

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Blockchain’s distributed network makes it hard to be tampered with

http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/blockchains-distributed-network-makes-it-hard-to-be-tampered-with/article8314690.ece

U.S.-based IT services firm Cognizant is now actively looking at Blockchain, the technology behind web-based cryptocurrency bitcoin.

The firm recently tied up with Mizuho Financial Group to develop a blockchain solution for the “secure” record-keeping of documents among Mizuho Financial Group companies around the world. Jaideep Poondir, Senior Vice President, Banking and Financial Services, Cognizant, in an interview with The Hindu, talks about why the firm is looking at blockchain and its use cases beyond bitcoin.
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