With blockchain, there’s a lot of hype, but a lot of potential, too

In a packed room Tuesday here at P.S.R. in San Diego, Calif., privacy pros learned about, and discussed, what is perhaps the most hyped, and least understood, technology in the digital world: blockchain. With an internet-of-things ecosystem exploding across the globe, the mathematics and cryptography informing blockchain may well provide a transparent, cohesive formula for solving some of the IoT’s privacy and security issues, as well as other obstacles in finance, health care, industrial infrastructure, and beyond.

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