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You would be forgiven for thinking everything is broken in the world of blockchain. Yet some remarkable success stories are emerging, hidden in plain sight. What explains the divergent outcomes for different projects this year?

This blog series will encapsulate a variety of use cases from the capital markets industry. By using versatile examples, the blogs will portray scenarios where blockchain solutions could add value. Evidently, an in-depth analysis will require a more detailed consideration of the specifics, stakeholders’ requirements, and challenges.

The debate on where blockchain technology is heading is endless. The latest hype landed at a blurry and vague term of web3. In this article, I do not wish to explain if web3 really has the value it claims or if it is a total BS, rather, I would like to focus on what blockchain, the backbone under all these applications, is meant to do, and what is its current limitation.

We recently dropped the first preview of the new peer-to-peer communications layer of Corda 5. In this article, I’ll talk about what it’s been like working on this release and my onboarding experience at R3 since I joined last year.