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I was wondering the same thing ... I know Microsoft has sponsored some Ethereum events and that is it. Perhaps blockchainization of the majority of their core b
by guiomie 9y ago
I was wondering the same thing ... I know Microsoft has sponsored some Ethereum events and that is it. Perhaps blockchainization of the majority of their core business would impact revenue negatively?
Another thing that I am wondering is the lack of coverage on the blokchain technology on HN, I see articles every where except here?
- willia4 9y agoMicrosoft also added "Blockchain as a Service" to their Azure offerings. I'm not sure if that was because they think it's a good future technology or if they just think it's a technology that people will give them money for.
- paulgb 9y ago> Another thing that I am wondering is the lack of coverage on the blokchain technology on HN, I see articles every where except here? Blockchain has become a word like AI, in that marketers have learned that inserting it allows them to capitalize on hype even if the use of the block chain is either overengineering or unnecessary.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 9y agoI presume you don't see much coverage on HN because lots of people who talk about blockchain tech are excited about their own money even more than the tech.
- fapjacks 9y agoMicrosoft was recently one of a group of big companies (including IBM) that were looking to hire a blockchain programmer.
- ChrisClark 9y agoMicrosoft was one of the big founding members of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance [1]. But in general, the biggest companies in that alliance are financial companies, not tech companies. Like DTCC, MasterCard, J. P. Morgan. And a lot of banks. Though Cisco is also a member, and a local government of India. But in general it's really only financial companies and pure blockchain companies. [1] https://entethalliance.org/ https://entethalliance.org/