A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) researcher is testing a blockchain network for processing the vast amounts of data produced.
Josh Peek, an associate astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), told CoinDesk that the HST, like other space telescopes, requires “millions upon millions” of hours of computing power to process data, which can become expensive.
To that end, he is working with blockchain startups AIKON and Hadron to process the research data.
Specifically, AIKON provides an interface via which Peek can input the data, after which it is processed and rendered through computers comprising Hadron’s blockchain network.
Hadron is a “useful” proof-of-work blockchain, said AIKON co-founder and chief product officer Marc Blinder, that is processing the data Peek provides, with computing time paid for with AIKON’s “CPU” tokens.
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.
Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help and explanations, and Justin Drake for reviewing
In the last part of this series, we talked about how you can make some pretty interesting succinct proofs of computation, such as proving that you have computed the millionth Fibonacci number, using a technique involving polynomial composition and division.
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.
Bitcoin prices may be trailing around $6000, but investors in the space for longer than a year can still celebrate a 150 percent return on investment (ROI). Bitcoin Hodlers ‘Only’ Made 1.
The era when smartphone users walked around with gigabytes of unused and underutilized storage space has come to an end. Module has developed a revolutionary blockchain-based technology that will allow individuals to lease their unused storage space for a variety of uses and be rewarded for it! Their talented group of Japanese programmers is developing a radical new solution to the cloud storage and data mining industry’s shortcomings.
Bitcoin, in its nine years of existence, has steadily gained traction, defining itself as a new digital gold. Early adopters of this technology have shown excitement for the potential of this inflation-proof sound money.
Recently, the Australia Tax Office [ATO] has moved its attention to the taxes applicable in the digital assets space. As a result, it will extend its tax obligations on crypto holders as well. The authority has decided to catch the tax non-payers via its latest techniques in data matching. ATO also plans to seek support from […]
KYC for crowdsales was meant to add oversight and legitimacy to a largely unregulated space. Instead it’s left investors susceptible to data breaches, identity theft and blackmail. Given the hazards, it’s understandable that some ICO investors have resorted to buying fake ID.
The Central Bank of China is calling the country’s crypto ban a huge success as recent data shows that the Chinese Yuan is currently being used in less than 1% of crypto-trades. Chinese Crypto Ban Huge Success The Chinese crypto market once dominated the space, accounting for 90% of all global trades according to a.
Little-known to the average investor, data markets hold tremendous value for both developers and traders. The EOS RAM market – selling memory space to developers – is seeing a spike in price per megabyte due to centralized ownership.
FOAM is an open protocol for decentralized, geospatial data markets. The protocol is designed to empower users to build a consensus-driven map of the world that can be trusted for every application.
Imagine an
enhanced field of vision — one which allows us to seamlessly interact with
others, through the use of our hands and without dependency on a screen.
Imagine an
enhanced field of vision — one which allows us to seamlessly interact with
others, through the use of our hands and without dependency on a screen.
The Sia Storage Platform is a decentralized cloud storage platform with a blockchain-based cryptocurrency called Siacoin (SC) designed to reward storage space providers (called ‘hosts’) on the network.
With crypto scams running rampant across the globe, Human Trust Protocol, aka Hub, is joining hands with Civic, a blockchain identification service provider, to verify users via know-your-client (KYC) data gathered from the Civic secure identity platform (SIP).
Coinmint, a cloud mining service provider, has confirmed it will go ahead with its proposed plan to open a cryptocurrency mining plant in an abandoned smelter previously used by Alcoa, in Massena, New York.
Recently I had the fortune to have received an advance copy of Eric Posner and Glen Weyl’s new book, Radical Markets, which could be best described as an interesting new way of looking at the subject that is sometimes called “political economy” - tackling the big questions of how markets and politics and society intersect.
