by Oscar Jofre | Feb 8, 2019 | Blockchain, Capital Markets, KoreConX, Secondary Markets
This post is part of a series of short interviews about the companies and faces that are part of the KorePartners Ecosystem*. We believe that behind every great company there are people, and behind every person, there is a story to tell. KorePartner: Luka Gubo,...
by Oscar Jofre | Jan 9, 2019 | Blockchain, KoreChain, KoreContract, KoreConX
What is the KoreConX blockchain strategy & why choose KoreChain? In this video, KoreConX Co-Founder and CEO, Oscar Jofre, and our Chief Scientist/CTO, Kiran Garimella, share the details of our permissioned blockchain. Built on the Hyperledger Fabric, it is secure...
by Oscar Jofre | Dec 5, 2018 | Blockchain, KoreConX
In parts 1, 2 and 3, we briefly touched on some of the historical foundations of blockchains from computer science and mathematics, including their sub-topics such as distributed systems and cryptography. Specific topics in either of these categories were consensus...
by Oscar Jofre | Nov 28, 2018 | Blockchain, KoreChain, KoreConX
In Part 2, we saw how a simple concept of a linked list can morph into complex, distributed systems. Obviously, this is a simple, conceptual evolution leading up to blockchain, but it’s not the only way distributed systems can arise. Distributed systems need...
by Oscar Jofre | Nov 20, 2018 | Blockchain, KoreChain, KoreConX
We saw in Part 1 that linked lists provide the conceptual foundation for blockchain, where a ‘block’ is a package of data and blocks are strung together by some type of linking mechanism such as pointers, references, addresses, etc. In this Part 2, we will see how...
by Oscar Jofre | Nov 14, 2018 | Blockchain, KoreChain, KoreConX
Blockchain is not just a single technology but a package of a number of technologies and techniques. The rich lexicon in the blockchain includes terms such as Merkle trees, sharding, state machine replication, fault tolerance, cryptographic hashing, zero-knowledge...