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Bosch has introduced mySpin apps that integrate a smartphone with a motorcycle. This is only a beginning. We shall many other uses as the Internet of Things proceeds to find traction.

Introduction to IOTA Strategies.

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The Tangle from IOTA https://www.iota.org/ claims to be superior way to build permissionless Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).  While there have been some who dispute these claims, https://aakilfernandes.github.io/whats-wrong-with-iota nonetheless it is worthwhile to explore what a protocol that can do what IOTA claims might gain us.   Two major IOTA claims are  No cost microtransactions   Huge scalability Clearly these are desirable properties. The Internet of Things (IOT) will consist of literally billions of small embedded sensor systems. Each of these is essentially a store that sells a data stream that needs to store that data in a DLT and charge microfees for its usage. So we note that IOT is the perfect candidate for such a protocol.  Companies, for example Libelium produces sensor network kits  https://www.the-iot-marketplace.com/solutions for a wide variety of applications.   These kits can be configured ...