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Another Fake Partnership as Samsung Denies CopPay Crypto Payments Deal

On July 20 reports circulated that a partnership between electronics giant Samsung and Lithuanian crypto payment and blockchain startup CopPay was in the works. The deal was set to make it possible for Samsung customers in three Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — to pay for in-store purchases with cryptocurrencies. дальше »

2018-7-24 14:00


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Protonmail Hints at Possible ‘Proton Shares’ ICO

Encrypted email provider ProtonMail appears to be eyeing the possibility of raising funds via an initial coin offering, according to a current job offer.   Protonmail: We Have ‘Exciting Blockchain Ventures’ The advertisement for a blockchain developer lists several “preferences” specifically relating to initial coin offerings, including “[participation] in a successful ICO” and “expert in developing secure Ethereum smart contracts. дальше »

2018-7-23 18:00


STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials

Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


This Silicon Valley-Backed Blockchain Startup Wants to Become the Wikipedia of Data

DIRT, a blockchain startup that plans to develop a trusted platform for structured data, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round. The San Francisco-based company said investment firms that participated in the round include General Catalyst, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pantera Capital and others. дальше »

2018-7-21 20:14


This Silicon Valley Backs Blockchain Startup Wants to Become the Wikipedia of Data

DIRT, a blockchain startup that plans to develop a trusted platform for structured data, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round. The San Francisco-based company said investment firms that participated in the round include General Catalyst, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pantera Capital and others. дальше »

2018-7-20 20:14


MSX & Binance to Launch Neufund Decentralized Stock Exchange in Malta in 2018

First-Ever Decentralized Stock Exchange To Set Off In Malta, Europe Malta is recognized as a country known for its firm support for the likes of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The country has been highly spoken of, as it has been recently considered as an apt location for a possible crypto-bank, in which well-established cryptocurrency exchange, […] дальше »

2018-7-20 23:11


Marble Decentralized Blockchain Bank Launches ‘Flash Lending’ For Arbitrage Trading

Marble is a startup whose smart contracts make it possible for trades to leverage arbitrage chances that may be available on the Ethereum blockchain. The company, which has been built on a devolved bank based on the blockchain infrastructure made an official announcement on Monday indicating that its public beta would now be available on […] дальше »

2018-7-17 19:59


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‘More Durable’: CFA Institute Bullish On Bitcoin As It Adds Crypto To 2019 Exams

Financial investment association CFA Institute has confirmed cryptocurrency and blockchain will appear in its global finance exams from 2019. ‘This Is Not A Passing Fad’ Speaking to Bloomberg, which describes the move as a possible “definitive sign that cryptocurrencies have arrived on Wall Street,” the examiner said it considers the crypto space as growing faster than any other, being “more durable” in future. дальше »

2018-7-17 13:00


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Promoted: The Future of Online Shopping Is Powered by Spl.yt — A Decentralized E-Commerce Protocol

As a rapidly growing business sector, e-commerce continues to open up new avenues for exploring, comparing and purchasing products worldwide. Spl. yt, a smart contract protocol, aims improve the e-commerce system for buyers and sellers by automating functions currently performed by “middlemen” marketplaces like Amazon, eBay and Alibaba. дальше »

2018-7-16 19:45


Bloxia ICO (BLOX Token): Blockchain AI Expert Community Accelerator?

Bloxia ICO is an example of a venture looking to introduce a new form of blockchain accelerator that will address challenges and make mass blockchain adoption finally possible. What is Bloxia? Bloxia is for all individuals who envision a blockchain future and would like to invest in an authentic blockchain accelerator which is advanced to […] дальше »

2018-7-15 18:43


Cryptocurrency Wealth Concentration: Exploring the Problem and Possible Solutions

There are many criticisms of cryptocurrencies thrown about by the media, bankers, government officials, and other defenders of the economic status quo, and although many of these criticisms may have some truth to them, members of the cryptocurrency and blockchain community can just as easily counter most of them with their own arguments. Criticisms such […] дальше »

2018-7-13 14:45


Cryptocurrency Wealth Concentration: Exploring the Problem and Possible Solutions

There are many criticisms of cryptocurrencies thrown about by the media, bankers, government officials, and other defenders of the economic status quo, and although many of these criticisms may have some truth to them, members of the cryptocurrency and blockchain community can just as easily counter most of them with their own arguments. дальше »

2018-7-13 00:03


NEM Blockchain to help farmers prevent food poisoning

NEM in their tweet exhibits how local farmers can integrate the basic IoT solution into their business using Arduino, on the NEM blockchain. This project aims at allowing farms and supermarkets to prevent incidents of food poisoning, as it is possible to track the shipment to a certain animal or plot of land. NEM’s tweet | Source: Twitter According […] дальше »

2018-7-12 03:41