EURO BANKING ASSOCIATION EXTOLS BENEFITS OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN BANKS & ‘CRYPTOTECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY’
A recent report by the Euro Banking Association (EBA) makes the case for Europe’s banks and traditional financial service providers to increase levels of co-operation with the current crypto technology community. Of course, this is far from the first time a prominent player in high finance has come out to publicly recognize the potential of blockchain technology and other recent […]
FACTOM BLOCKCHAIN TECH TO BE USED FOR HONDURAS LAND REGISTRY
Factom, the creators of a ‘Scalable Data Layer for the Blockchain’, has an announced that it will be working with the government of Honduras to build a new land registry system using decentralized blockchain technology. Honduras is one of the poorest countries in South America and has struggled for years with land registry fraud. Peter Kirby, the President […]
Choosing the Best Cryptocurrency Wallet
There are many types of cryptocurrency walletsin the market today. These include mobile or app-based digital wallets, hardware or cold wallets, and hot or web-based wallets. You should be able to choose a suitable cryptocurrency wallet service depending on your needs. You may consider asking yourself these questions upon choosing the best cryptocurrency wallet for […]
BITNATION RELEASES PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR DECENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT PLATFORM
Bitnation has been busy building tools for ‘Government 2.0′ – a collection of decentralized and voluntary services to replace many of the traditional roles of the central government. Now they are offering the first glimpse of what their ‘Pangea’ platform will look like, with a proof of concept alpha release. As an alpha release, Pangea […]
NEW AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL PARTY TO USE BLOCKCHAIN VOTING FOR POLICIES
A new political party has been launched in Australia which will use blockchain technology to let members vote for what policies it should adopt. The Neutral Voting Block will start with no policies other than that of using the Bitcoin blockchain to register and record the wishes of its members – and then to represent those wishes in parliament. […]
LATEST NXT RELEASE INCLUDES BUILT-IN ESCROW, VOTING AND MORE
The latest version of NXT crypto coin features some major upgrades, including a built-in escrow system, voting services, and unable messages of up to 42kb. Both the escrow and voting systems are built around a newly developed transaction type called ‘phased transactions’. These phased transactions are a kind of smart contract which require approval from […]
BITSHARES 2.0: BOND MARKET, SUBSCRIPTIONS, DYNAMIC PERMISSIONS & LOADS MORE
Altcoin and blockchain 2.0 platform Bitshares have today announced a major upgrade, featuring performance enhancements and a wide range of new features. In fact, the changes are so wide-ranging that ‘Bitshares 2.0′ is being rebuilt from scratch with an entirely new codebase. All accounts and balances will be migrated from the original blockchain to the […]
DECENTRALIZED LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA BETA LAUNCHED
The ‘Decentralized Library of Alexandria’ has launched a beta version of its software, which enables the creation of a massive distributed and uncensorable library of all kinds of media. Despite failing to reach its funding goals, the beta release features a polished client for Windows, Apple, and Linux. From this client software, which can be seen […]
WORLD’S FIRST ‘ATOMIC CROSS CHAIN TRANSFER’ COMPLETED BETWEEN BURST & QORA BLOCKCHAINS
Burst and Qora announced yesterday that the first ever trustless atomic cross-chain transfer of coins has taken place between the blockchains of the two digital currencies.Burst and Qora announced yesterday that the first ever trustless atomic cross-chain transfer of coins has taken place between the blockchains of the two digital currencies. An atomic cross-chain transfer is when two users with different digital currencies, on separate […]
Do You Know What Cryptocurrency Is?
Cryptocurrency is a relatively new kind of currency. Cryptography is the root of it, and this kind of currency employs what is known as the ‘blockchain’, which is a distributed ledger system. Developers take advantage of these technologies in order come up with currencies that are very secure and private, yet also decentralized and traceable. […]