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Blockchain, tourism and travel

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The tourism industry in Italy has always been a key GDP sector. The pandemic brought a drastic halt to activities and travel from abroad to the “Bel Paese”, forcing many small and medium-sized businesses to at least temporarily cease operations, or to substantially reduce staff. In the summer of 2022, tourism-related infrastructure is fully resuming […]

App and dApp, where is the difference?

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In a previous article we discussed Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. A governance model to be truly decentralized must be based on apps that are not controlled by a central authority: hence the emergence of dApps. What links dApps to the Blockchain is a strong interconnectedness. dApps leverage Blockchain platforms and their distributed network, but at the […]

Blockchain and sustainability: the green Blockchain

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One of the main drawbacks related to Blockchain is the large amount of energy required to solve the complex processes of computing and translating information to create new blocks. Among the most polluting Blockchains, that is, those that require huge amounts of energy, and consequently produce waste and scrap, are Ethereum and Bitcoin. For these […]

The 10 Blockchains that have changed the world

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There is often a tendency to confuse blockchain with cryptocurrency. In reality, they are two completely different systems and partially dissociated from each other. Cryptocurrencies are real digital currencies that are used to purchase goods or services virtually. The exchange of cryptocurrencies takes place on distributed platforms. Blockchains, therefore, are the tool through which goods […]

Why sponsor Amateur Sports Associations

Sponsorship by businesses to support Amateur Sports Associations is extremely advantageous for several reasons. One of the main reasons is the deductibility of advertising expenses incurred during a fiscal year. Costs incurred in sponsoring ASDs, such as through jersey branding, must be proportional to the benefits obtained in terms of visibility and the relevance the […]

What are DAOs and why they could revolutionize the sport

What are DAOs? Why might they revolutionize sports? The term DAO is an acronym that stands for Decentralized Autonomous Organization. DAOs are systems used for the governance of Dapps, or applications that, instead of relying on centralized servers, are decentralized, meaning they leverage on blockchain platforms and on their distributed network. What could be the […]

Sports sponsorship

Sports sponsorship is a topic of great interest, both economically and socially. Through sponsorship, a brand can become known to the public through sports, events, and entertainment. In particular, sports, through fan involvement and the positive values it conveys, are able to characterize brands that choose to invest in sports sponsorship with a sense of […]

The legal value of Smart Contracts

At what point is the regulation of Smart Contracts in Italy? As we had extensively discussed in the article “Smart Contract: What it is, how it works“, so-called smart contracts are one of the central tools in the debate regarding the transition to digital. In the aforementioned article, we had already explained their advantages and […]

Blockchain in Public Administration

As we had already mentioned in this blog’s article “Blockchain in Health Care, Logistics and Public Administration“, Public Administrations are looking at blockchain with great interest, as a tool that is sure to be prominent on the road to digitization. Speed, effectiveness, transparency This process, in addition to being time-consuming, requires the use of specialized […]

NFT and merchandising: stop counterfeiting

Could NFTs revolutionize the world of merchandising and curb counterfeiting? Non-fungible tokens differ from traditional tokens in some main characteristics such as not being interchangeable and having a unique identification code. This is precisely why the price of each NFT is unrelated to that of all other NFTs, even if they are apparently identical. The […]

Blockchain, entertainment and copyright

Will blockchain revolutionize the entertainment market and copyright protection? The issue of copyright has traditionally been handled by intermediary companies that monitor the proper use of intellectual property. Blockchain can be useful, through the creation of distributed ledgers, in facilitating the management and control of intellectual property due to its properties of incorruptibility and persistence […]

The blockchain against cybercrime

Blockchain against cybercrime. How to use the new technology to foster greater cyber data security. The extraordinary speed and spread with which, today, data travels on the Web and on technology platforms has heightened the need to combat one of the biggest threats: cyber crime, or cybercrime. This type of crime, to date, is one […]