The blockchain is a distributed ledger technology that underlies cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and platforms like Ethereum. 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.

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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/ibmrevealsp...
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/UBSbankin...
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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