x-posted from Qora thread:
...I'd highly encourage everyone to read today's news article "Microsoft, Major Banks Strike Blockchain Deal" featured on CNBC, a major US-based news outlet:In case you haven't read today's news,
Ethereum and Ripple were featured in a news article on CNBC (a major news outlet in the USA) because they were part of MS Azure BaaS program. The news article was featured on the front page of the CNBC for most of the day.
You can read about the news report here:
Microsoft, Major Banks Strike Blockchain Deal
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/04/microsoft-major-banks-strike-blockchain-deal.htmlPlease pay attention to the last paragraph:
R3 and its members will have access to Microsoft's blockchain partners which includes the likes of start-ups Ethereum and Ripple. .
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The blockchain and cryptocurrency are becoming mainstreamed. Long-term, this is
very good news for Factom.
My response on the same thread:
Jeez Louise...Marc Andreessen was right when he predicted that crptocurrency - "blockchain" - would become mainstreamed like the Internet in the 1990s.
There's even the same transformation from a proper noun to a buzzword, just like the answer-gal's use of "Internet" in that 1994
Today show segment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAV2GjkhztgYep: despite the adoption gap, "Blockchain" is becoming a lot like "Internet" a/o 1994!