Blockchain technology is predicted to have a major impact on the intellectual property (IP) ecosystem. More and more projects are being launched, both in the public and private sector. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has built up a Blockchain Task Force and is preparing a new...

Privacy is a quality relating to human data that is typically governed by legal principles or guidelines for how private entities should conduct in relation to user data. The idea in blockchain systems is that privacy principles can be established and enforced data through software code, to...

A blockchain is a time-stamped series of immutable record of data that is managed by a cluster of computers not owned by any single entity. Each of these blocks of data is secured and bound to each other using cryptographic principles. Bitcoin is the most popular example that is intrinsically...

Infrastructure is essential to alleviate poverty and generate long-term growth in emerging markets and developing counties (EMDEs). Nevertheless, financing of infrastructure in EMDEs is faced with pressure on increasing government deficits, issues of transparency, and high financing cost, as...

Modern technology allows people to communicate directly using voice and video calls, emails, instant messages traveling from one device to another. Communication is done by maintaining trust in each other without a third party, no matter how far away they are. But when in a communication between...

Imported agricultural product is not necessarily of higher quality than local product (e.g., pork containing ractopamine). Therefore, to improve brand image and increase market share, many overseas suppliers have adopted or are planning to adopt blockchain, where the production process without...

This paper aims to conceptualize the impact of blockchain technology on the financial accounting from technical and non-technical perspectives. It further investigates the way blockchain can improve the quality of accounting data. By reviewing the published research papers. this study observes...

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have garnered remarkable investor attention recently, with some NFTs securing selling prices that may have seemed unthinkable for a non-fungible virtual asset. This raises fascinating questions about “value” and “scarcity” with respect to blockchain technology,...

Smart contracts are computer programs used to transfer digital assets according to user-generated specifications. Smart contracts run on decentralized blockchain networks. The fact that smart contracts, a new means for parties to digitally trade, greatly eliminate ex ante promissory obligations...