Experimentation unfolds around the world in the blockchain space.

Sweden is in advanced testing to clear away burdensome land titling paperwork. By channelling real estate transactions onto digital public ledgers, the system would allow banks, brokers, buyers and sellers all to track progress until closing, vastly accelerating the process.

The Republic of Georgia and Honduras may follow suit. Dubai in March tapped IBM to help it put all government licensing processes and contracts on blockchain systems to increase the ease of doing business there.

New companies such as PeerTracks, Mycelia, Ujo Music and Stem all use blockchain technology, working to simplify licensing and liberate musicians from intermediaries — talent agents, record labels and streaming services — all eager to take a cut of revenue.

http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/nation-and-world/blockchain-technology-the-next-big-thing-20170607

As per Cognizant’s (a technology consulting firm) research, more than half of respondents said that having to work with partners in a wider blockchain ecosystem was one of the biggest obstacles to their adoption of the technology.

We need to adopt an aphorism used in the pre-internet age by Sun Microsystems:

“The network is the computer.”

https://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-execs-now-bullish-on-public-blockchains-survey-finds

There is an emerging strand of thought now, reflected in a recent HBR article by Grammy-winner Imogen Heap, that a blockchain-powered rights and payments layer could help musicians license their works and collaborate with musicians, users and businesses across the globe and earn revenues.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/the-cheat-sheet/blockchain-the-new-messiah-for-musicians/article9722275.ece

The recent news around three unusual digital token issuers (Brave browser, Kik, blockstack) reveals a shift in priorities, as all of them already have working products and VC funding. So, rather than seeing token sales as an alternative to more rigorous financing methods, all seem to focus on a more fundamental characteristic – the incentivisation of an ecosystem. – http://www.coindesk.com/back-basics-blockchain-tokens/

In their patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on May 25, entitled “Unmanned Aerial Delivery to Secure Location,” it was outlined how Walmart plans to incorporate the Blockchain technology into its supply chain.

“In particular embodiments, a box delivered comprise the system delivery encryption comprising blockchain for the package authentication and tracking. The blockchain package tracking contains elements included but location is not limited, customer and courier’s authentication, transition of supply chain, container’s ambient temperature, if available the product temperature, the acceptable thresholds for the product’s ambient temperature, package container system the products and the goods, or just combination of it.”

https://cointelegraph.com/news/walmart-to-track-delivery-drones-with-blockchain-soon-to-accept-bitcoin

Australia’s leading digital research powerhouse, Data61, shares 2 reports:

The first report, Distributed Ledgers: Scenarios for the Australian economy over the coming decades, explores four plausible adoption scenarios of blockchain technology in Australian in 2030. This approach includes scenarios that are aspirational and transformative, establish a new equilibrium and represent collapse. The second report, Risks and opportunities for systems using blockchain and smart contracts, selects three use cases to examine how blockchain systems can support new markets and business models. These include: agricultural supply chains, government registries and remittance payments. – http://www.data61.csiro.au/en/Our-expertise/Expertise-Strategic-insight/Blockchain

In this excerpt from chapter five of ‘Blockchain for Dummies,’ author Tiana Laurence covers Ethereum, decentralized autonomous organizations and smart contracts. –http://internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com/feature/Blockchain-for-Dummies

David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media, moderated a discussion with Jon Matonis, Founding Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, and Huy Nguyen Trieu, CEO of The Disruptive Group: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/how-blockchain-tech-can-go-mainstream-moneyconf-madrid-2017/#1496862160

Good alt coins to invest in as per the recommendation:

https://augur.net/ ; https://gnosis.pm/

Great upcoming payment services as per the interview

https://www.goabra.com/; http://epiphyte.com/ ;