Roberto Capodieci: Blockchain is going to bring revolution

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The revolutionary aspects of blockchain technology can be extended from its current use with cryptocurrency to other use cases that require facts and verifications. CoinGeek.com asked Blockchain Zoo’s Roberto Capodieci about what he sees as the emerging future of blockchain-based technologies.

Roberto Capodieci is a blockchain expert and infotech hacker, who started programming at 6 years old with his father as his instructor. Now a blockchain expert based in Asia, Capodieci is the first to apply blockchain to supply chain and trade finance.

In an interview with CoinGeek.com, the Nxt Foundation co-founder explained how blockchain can change our daily lives: “Blockchain is solving one problem for bitcoin but can solve many other problems. It’s going to bring a revolution in our life, as much as internet brought a revolution in our life. Blockchain is going to change the way that we operate online.“

Basic services that once required tedious paperwork can leverage blockchain to optimize and secure their backend processes. According to Capodieci, “[in the next future] blockchain is going to move from an embryo stage that is now, to a natural full-working technology, and it’s going to be applied in how we live our life.”

Capodieci, who also works as a tech consultant for law enforcement agencies, provided an example of blockchain usage: “If the police officer is going to stop us on the street, is going to check our driver license status in the blockchain and is going to give us a fine for speeding, and register it in the blockchain. The court later, are going to check it in the blockchain later, see that it’s been digitally signed by a proper officer ask us to pay, then we’re going pay with a cryptocurrency on the blockchain. That’s why blockchain is going to be everywhere.“

Capodieci specializes in lawful interception systems and big data analysis. His work with Blockchain Zoo and DeBuNe (Decentralised Business Network) has given him insight into open and decentralized platforms for tech. In Capodieci’s opinion, blockchain’s impact on government will be crucial in “eliminating corruption, making the process to flow fast.”

With blockchain, “there is no need to wait somebody to open a drawer find a piece of paper which somebody owns compromised. We are going to be guaranteed of the truthiness of data,” he said.

Recent projects launched in the blockchain startup space reflect Capodieci’s optimism. There is a vast space for innovation and disruption, applying blockchain to the most vital and critical components of our daily lives.

When asked about the security aspects of blockchain, Capodieci said: “Blockchain is a new technology, new invention, but it’s made with old technology. It’s like a new recipe made with old ingredients. Blockchain is made a peer-to-peer network, which is a network of computers worldwide where no computer is more important than the others, and it’s impossible to kill because if you shut down a computer somewhere, two more will comes up somewhere else.”

These advances in security principles are what hold and comprise the basis of blockchain’s usefulness. Because of its mathematical foundation, blockchain is more secure than second-layer software. “This (security) is guaranteed by the fact that it cannot be destroyed. It cannot be stopped. At the same time it uses mathematics as protocol for security, not software that can be hacked by hackers, that can contain bugs, but mathematics,” said Capodieci, adding that “mathematics is not an opinion, which is a guarantee of security and truthfulness.”

With blockchain technology, the future is secure and more open. Today, blockchain-based applications for digital identity, digital signatures, smart contracts, and other digitally-based records are sprouting up and rising to prominence like the Internet did in the past two decades. It is important to keep track of these disruptive developments and be informed. Major inroads in cryptocurrencies have led to global adoption, permission-less innovation, and decentralized development.