The technological innovation of the blockchain and its impact on the energy sector

La aplicación blockchain es una innovación tecnológica que promete revolucionar la forma de negociar las materias primas del sector petrolero, mediante el uso de técnicas criptográficas que permiten la racionalización de transacciones complejas que se están aplicando en el comercio y los negocios. Las empresas pueden usar una nueva generación de aplicaciones transaccionales de una manera segura e inmediata, basada en el concepto y la aplicación de la tecnología de cadena de bloques, lo que permite acelerar el valor en el tiempo para las iniciativas comerciales y empresariales. El objetivo de este artículo es generar el análisis reflexivo y la discusión, a través de la combinación de una metodología analítica, estructural-causal, sobre la innovación tecnológica llamada blockchain, su aplicación y repercusiones, que tienen la capacidad de mejorar las transacciones en el sector energético gracias a su sistema descentralizado e incorruptible. En la actualidad, la innovación y la tecnología son instrumentos importantes para establecer mejoras en el crecimiento y desarrollo económico del sector de la energía, la base principal de la economía mundial en muchos aspectos, ya que este sector es estratégico por razones de seguridad nacional en todos los países del mundo.

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