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Blockchain vs Corruption

This evening, my Instagram story was full of updates from my friends in Indonesia. It was all about a guy named Setya Novanto, the head of People’s Representative Council (or also known in Indonesia as the DPR), has been suspected in a corruption case. What’s special about this guy, is that he faked his own car accident, when polices were looking to arrest him. That is why it was like echoing as a joke on my social media. However, corruption cases are pretty common in Indonesia, so Indonesian people are used to that. Due to my twitter assignment, I started learning about block chain a couple of weeks ago. Well, this might sound old-fashioned now, but really, this technology is going to be something special. Many tech-engineers predict that block chain is going to be as big as the launch of internet was a couple years ago. A block chain is a digital decentralised ledger that is used to track digital currencies such as bitcoin and all transactions of this currency around the wo

Some Reasons behind Alibaba's Success

Hello everyone! It’s almost winter. I am very excited because it means Christmas is coming really soon. Christmas is one thing that I love about Europe, since Indonesia does not have a winter season. I can even already feel the vibe since this morning, when the song All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey played on the radio. Well, talking about Christmas, be ready to freeze. I personally have already prepared by stocking winter clothes, such as super thick jacket, sweater, boots, etc. Those were all on my list and now, thanks to Alibaba. Despite many people not liking to buy goods from China, Alibaba is still a good webstore in my opinion. They offer a lot of variety of goods with extremely interesting price. One thing you have to do is to check the seller reviews . Some of the sellers have very good quality products. Additionally, the delivery process is bearable. In my experiences, it took between 2-3 weeks to deliver it from China to Belgium. In Indonesia, Alibaba is get