Apple
The release of the first iPod, in 2001, can be marked as the beginning of Apple's renaissance. The company went on to create some of the most impactful and beloved consumer electronics products the technology world has ever seen. The iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, the iMac, and iTunes sky rocketed the company's value and turned it into the biggest company in the world by market capitalization.
At first sight it appears as if Apple is a hardware company and it shouldn't be significantly threatened by the advent of blockchain.
After all, what does decentralization have to do with selling electronics hardware, right?
One of the fundamental beliefs of Apple's legendary co-founder Steve Jobs was that computer systems (and later mobile devices) ...
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