We look for early-stage opportunities in the blockchain and cryptocurrency fields.

• Blockchain is the database technology that underpins cryptocurrencies. Unlike traditional databases, the blockchainis a distributed ledger with information replicated across a number of sources.
• The distributed ledger has a higher trust value, since it is not prone to human error or fraud—information is replicated across many nodes of computers making it difficult to manipulate, forge or hack.
• Transactions are verified on the leger by ”miners,” which are nodes of computers that validate and process transactions on the blockchain.
• The miner that verifies the transaction first and puts together the chain is rewarded for their efforts by payment in the cryptocurrency. This is how the blockchainbecomes secured.
• Systems are difficult to hack given the computing power needed to do so, and hacking would also likely cause the value of the currency to decline, thus making efforts counterproductive.

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