28 Jan Real estate for everybody
You sure noticed it. Last year, the savings rate halved. Savers received on average only about 0.5% interest. And the future does not look good in this area. With these...
Blockchain blogs
15 Sep Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) The buzzword of 2020. Interest is growing exponentially. Is that good for blockchain, or is it the next bubble after the ICO hype of 2017? You may already...
10 Dec Blockchain will change many business models
Why can you send an email to someone for free, but do you need an intermediary to transfer money, plus a few days of patience and transaction fees? With the...
10 Dec Blockchain, future of insurance
Blockchain, future of insurance? How? The purpose of non-life insurance is to indemnify an insured person after the occurrence of an insured risk. No more and no less. You insure...
16 Nov How far along are we really with Blockchain?
With great regularity the 'B'-word falls. Blockchain, the technology under bitcoin and the technology under many good (and less good) innovative ideas. There has been an interesting pattern to discover...
22 Oct Football clubs discover the blockchain
Good news for all football and crypto lovers. Clubs, including Paris Saint Germain and Juventus, have announced the launch of their own digital coin (Fan Token). A blockchain-based coin, intended...
27 Sep Earn money with social media?
All social media companies today are looking at blockchain technology. This week, "LINE", one of the world's most popular message apps with more than 200 million active users, came out...
03 Sep Blockchain in education
"Past performance is no guarantee of future performance". This is a widely used statement. And of course not without reason. However, for pupils, students, applicants, employees and, of course, potential...
16 Jul Loyalty in the blockchain
Save seals. Our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents did it. And, maybe you do it yourself as well. At Douwe Egberts they call it reward points. And 'value' is what it's...
10 Jul Blockchain, has it really begun?
Blockchain knowledge leads to inspiration and changes. We are regularly asked to provide blockchain masterclasses. Four hours of deep-thinking about a new disruptive technology. Isn't that asking too much? In 2013...
23 Jun Blockchains in the boardroom
When Satoshi Nakamoto shook up the banking world in 2009 with the introduction of the Bitcoin, full attention was paid to this digital currency. However, there was hardly any interest...
23 Jun Building the healthcare infrastructure for the future
There has been a longstanding lack of transparency in the health care sector among the parties involved. Patients do not have immediate access to health records drawn up by healthcare...
23 Jun Blockchain and Internet of things (IoT)
Blockchain and Internet of things (IoT) With the advent of billions of devices and the Internet of Things, we have an increasing need for a transparent, verifiable and future-proof system to...
23 Jun Private or public blockchain?
Private or public blockchain? When hearing the term blockchain, the default assumption is often a public blockchain. The cryptocurrencies that are currently much in the news all use a public blockchain....
23 Jun Poverty reduction with blockchain technology
A few facts in a row. In our modern, global society, 2.2 billion people do not have access to a bank. No bank account and therefore no access to any...
23 Jun Why the rise of Ripple?
The rise of the cryptocurrency Ripple Quick transactions, regardless of the currencies and countries involved, and not limited by borders. Only one thousandth of a cent of transaction costs, and the...