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PostedOctober 27, 2016byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.First MultiChain Partners AnnouncedIntroducing our partner program for blockchain developersIt’s our pleasure to launch the MultiChain Platform Partner Program, starting with 13 member companies from Europe, Asia and North America. The program fac
PostedMay 10, 2016byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.Four genuine blockchain use casesWhere shared ledgers add real value in enterprise ITAlmost a year after first releasingMultiChain, we’ve learnt a huge amount about how blockchains, in a private and non-cryptocurrency sense, can and cannot be
PostedMarch 17, 2016byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.Blockchains vs centralized databasesFour key differences between blockchains and regular databasesIf you’ve been reading my previous posts, you will know by now that blockchains are simply anew type of database. That is, a database which ca
PostedOctober 21, 2020byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.MultiChain 2.1: Variables and LibrariesMaking Smart Filters a whole lot smarterToday, we’re delighted to release MultiChain 2.1, with two important new features for MultiChain developers.A year and a half ago, MultiChain 2.0 introducedSmart Filter
PostedNovember 22, 2015byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.Avoiding the pointless blockchain projectHow to determine if you’ve found a real blockchain use caseBlockchains are overhyped. There, I said it. FromSibostoMoney20/20to cover stories ofThe EconomistandEuromoney, everyone seems to be clim
PostedNovember 22, 2017byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain,Private blockchains.Three (non-pointless) permissioned blockchains in productionSolving real problems in infrastructure, finance and e-commerceIt’s exactly two years since we published “Avoiding the pointless blockchain project“, a checklist of q
PostedMarch 8, 2017byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.Wolfram Mathematica to add MultiChain integrationBringing blockchains to the world of science and engineeringToday we’re delighted to jointly announce a collaboration withWolfram Research, the industry-leading company behind theMathematicaplatform an
PostedNovember 3, 2016byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.Understanding zero knowledge blockchainsHow to show you know something without showing what you knowLast Friday saw the launch ofZcash, a new public blockchain and associated cryptocurrency that attracted a lot of attention. By now, there
PostedJune 22, 2016byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains,Smart contracts.Smart contracts and the DAO implosionThe tragic combination of inevitable bugs and immutable codeLast week witnessed a catastrophic event in the Ethereum ecosystem, whenThe DAO, a smart contract less than two months old, bega
PostedFebruary 6, 2020byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.MultiChain Feeds for Database IntegrationGetting data out of the blockchain and into the wider worldWith the first public release of MultiChain, way back in 2015, we saw interest in blockchain applications from a surprising direction. While we had
PostedJuly 17, 2017byGideon GreenspaninCryptocurrencies.A rational take on cryptocurrenciesWhat they are and what they’re not. Probably.Here at Coin Sciences, we’re best known forMultiChain, a popular platform for creating and deploying permissioned blockchains. But we began life in March 2014 in th
PostedMarch 25, 2019byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.MultiChain 2.0 and Consensus 2019The next major version of MultiChain enters productionToday we’re thrilled to announce the production release of MultiChain 2.0, after 18 months of development and 3 months in beta testing. Version 2.0 of MultiChain
PostedJune 13, 2018byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain,Private blockchains.Scaling blockchains with off-chain dataWhen a hash is worth a million wordsBy now it’s clear that many blockchain use cases have nothing to do with financial transactions. Instead, the chain’s purpose is to enable the decentralize
PostedJanuary 30, 2017byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.MultiChain source code releaseNow available to view, review, compile and forkTwo years after starting to developMultiChain, we’re delighted to release its source code under the GNU General Public License (GPLv3). The code, along with compilation i
PostedDecember 3, 2018byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain,Private blockchains,Smart contracts.Smart contract showdown: Hyperledger Fabric vs MultiChain vs Ethereum vs CordaThere’s more than one way to put code on a blockchainIn most discussions about blockchains, it doesn’t take long for the notion of “s
PostedJuly 20, 2016byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.Announcing the new MultiChain walletAn important step forwards for performance and scalabilityAfter two months of intensive development and testing, we’re proud to release the latest alpha of MultiChain, with a completely rewritten in-node wallet. Th
PostedNovember 18, 2021byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.Enterprise NFTs in MultiChain 2.2The easiest path to non-fungible tokens in permissioned chainsEarlier this week, we released MultiChain 2.2 with integrated support for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Over the past year, we’ve been talking to lots of
PostedNovember 16, 2021byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.MultiChain Releases Version 2.2 with Support for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)November 16, 2021 – Press ReleaseCoin Sciences Ltd is proud to announce the release of MultiChain 2.2, with integrated support for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). MultiChain n
PostedNovember 2, 2015byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains,Smart contracts.Smart contracts: The good, the bad and the lazyWhy private blockchains should not be eager to run codeI’m not a fan of the term “smart contracts”. For a start, it has been used by so many people for so many different thing
PostedJune 20, 2019byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain,Private blockchains.Ten Enterprise Blockchains. That Actually Work.Permissioned networks built by MultiChain partners in live productionThis is a write-up of a talk given at theConsensus 2019conference. Avideo of the talkis also available.In the four
PostedMarch 3, 2016byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.Recent Features and 2016 RoadmapAn update from the MultiChain factory floorAs a change from blog posts about blockchains in general, I’d like to provide an update onMultiChain, both in terms of recent enhancements and our roadmap for 2016.First, I’d
PostedJuly 19, 2015byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.Ending the bitcoin vs blockchain debateIs there any value in a blockchain without a cryptocurrency?The debate has been running for a while but the past month has seen a serious uptick. The question being asked is:Is there any value in a bloc
PostedJanuary 11, 2016byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.Moving on from big blockchainsWhat we gain in flexibility by losing proof of workWhen it comes to using blockchains for inter-enterprise coordination, there’s an elephant-sized problem in the room. In my view, nobody’s talking about this
PostedApril 22, 2017byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.Video talk: Blockchains vs databasesWatch a video of a half hour talk given at theCityChain17conference in London this month, organized byMBN Solutions. Below is a list of the topics covered, with links to more in-depth information in brac
PostedSeptember 7, 2015byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.Delivery versus payment on a blockchainHow blockchains can solve the oldest problem in the bookTrading between people is as old as humanity itself. It began at the moment when caveman Ogg said to caveman Ugg: “me give you rock, you give
PostedJanuary 29, 2018byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.Second MultiChain 2.0 preview releasePer-asset permissions, capacity upgrading and inline metadataToday we’re pleased to unveil the second preview release of MultiChain 2.0. This makes substantial progress on theMultiChain 2.0 roadmap, and include
PostedMay 8, 2018byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.R3 Corda: Deep dive and technical reviewA detailed look at the non-blockchain blockchainAs time goes on, the blockchain world has been separating into two distinct parts. On one hand, public blockchains with their associated cryptocurrencies h
PostedMarch 30, 2017byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.MultiChain enters beta with 15 new partnersA product development and partnership milestoneToday we’re delighted to announce thefirst beta releaseof MultiChain 1.0 for Linux and Windows, after more than two years of intensive development. As we’ve sa
PostedDecember 14, 2016byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.How to spot a half-baked blockchainWhen chains and blocks serve no useful purposeAbout 18 months have passed since the finance sector woke up, en masse, to the possibilities of permissioned blockchains, or to use the more general term, “
PostedMay 4, 2017byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.The Blockchain Immutability MythWhere flexible thinking is preferable to dogmatism“The highest good, than which there is no higher, is the blockchain, and consequently it is immutably good, hence truly eternal and truly immortal.”— Saint Augus
PostedJune 15, 2017byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.MultiChain 1.0 beta 2 and 2.0 roadmapWhere we are today and where we’re going tomorrowToday we’re delighted to release the second beta of MultiChain 1.0 for Linux, Windows and Mac (for now the Mac version requires compilation). This concludes the pla
PostedApril 12, 2016byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains,Smart contracts.Beware the impossible smart contractThe three most common smart contract misconceptionsAs the developers of a popular blockchain platform, we sometimes get asked whether Ethereum-like smart contracts are on theMultiChainroad
PostedDecember 19, 2018byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.MultiChain 2.0 beta releasedEmpowering a broad new range of blockchain applicationsToday we’re delighted to release the first beta version of MultiChain 2.0, the next generation of the MultiChain blockchain platform, after 16 months in developmen
PostedSeptember 15, 2016byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.Introducing MultiChain StreamsFor shared immutable key-value and time series databasesToday we’re proud to release the latest version of MultiChain, which implements a crucial new set of functionality called “streams”. Streams provide a natural
PostedOctober 7, 2019byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain,Private blockchains.SAP Pharma Case Study and InterviewA deeper look at a leading enterprise blockchain projectA few months ago, we published the details often enterprise blockchain networkswhich are built on MultiChain and running in live producti
PostedOctober 1, 2015byGideon GreenspaninPrivate blockchains.Private blockchains are more than “just” shared databasesWhy blockchain detractors are missing the pointAnd so it goes on. Frompopular poststocontemptuous tweetstopredictions about the future, the world and its mother are lining up to thro
PostedJuly 24, 2019byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.MultiChain 2.0 Enterprise DemoAccess great new features relating to confidentiality, scalability and compliance.Today we’re excited to release our demo version of MultiChain 2.0 Enterprise for all MultiChain users to try. The demo can bedownloaded no
PostedNovember 9, 2017byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.First MultiChain 2.0 preview releaseTaking MultiChain streams to a whole new levelToday we’re delighted to share the first preview release of MultiChain 2.0, which implements one major part of theMultiChain 2.0 roadmappublished earlier this year –
PostedAugust 2, 2017byGideon GreenspaninMultiChain.MultiChain 1.0 released with 14 new partnersOne cycle ends, the next one beginsToday we’re delighted to announce the release of MultiChain 1.0 into production and the addition of 14 new members to the MultiChain Partner Program. These include two m