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The blockchain is a distributed ledger technology that underlies cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. It provides a way to record and transfer data that is transparent, safe, auditable, and resistant to outages. The blockchain has the ability to make the organizations that use it transparent, democratic, decentralized, efficient, and secure. It's a technology that holds a lot of promise for the future, and it is already disrupting many industries. blockchain startups and projects featured in this video:

Bitcoin - https://bitcoin.org/
Abra - https://www.goabra.com/
Provenance - https://www.provenance.org/
Fluent (Rebranded to Hijro) - https://hijro.com/
SKUChain - https://skuchain.com/
Blockverify - http://www.blockverify.io/
Augur - https://augur.net/
Networking and IoT
Adept - http://www.coindesk.com/ibm-reveals-p...
Aeternity - https://www.aeternity.com/
Arcade City - https://arcade.city/
La'Zooz - http://www.shareable.net/blog/lazooz-...
Innogy - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/...
UBS - https://www.ubs.com/microsites/blockc...
ZF - http://www.econotimes.com/UBS-bank-in...
Online Data Storage
Storj - https://storj.io/
IPFS - https://ipfs.io/
BitGive Foundation - https://bitgivefoundation.org/
Democracy Earth - http://democracy.earth/
Follow My Vote - https://followmyvote.com/
GovCoin - http://www.businesswire.com/news/home...
Dubai Blockchain Strategy - http://www.smartdubai.ae/dubai_blockc...
Circles - aboutcircles.com
Gem - https://gem.co/
Tierion - https://tierion.com/
TransactiveGrid - http://transactivegrid.net/
Mycelia - http://myceliaformusic.org/
Ujo Music - https://ujomusic.com/
OpenBazaar - https://www.openbazaar.org/
OB1 - https://ob1.io/
Ubitquity - https://www.ubitquity.io/
Consensys - https://consensys.net/about/
Ethereum - https://www.ethereum.org/

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